heartwarming

[ hahrt-wawr-ming ]
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adjective
  1. gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.

Origin of heartwarming

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; heart + warming

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British Dictionary definitions for heart-warming

heart-warming

adjective
  1. pleasing; gratifying

  2. emotionally moving

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