heart-warming
Britishadjective
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pleasing; gratifying
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emotionally moving
Example Sentences
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"It's really heart-warming to know that they have had a good meal."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
He said he had not needed to use one himself, "but seeing what it can do for people has been heart-warming".
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
"It was so heart-warming," she said of the hero's welcome she received all week.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
Goldstein even got a heart-warming video message from her favourite Spice Girl, Baby.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Then grown-up people will call them intelligent and observant, and children will write to them and ask the heart-warm, heart-warming question, "How did you know?"
From Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities by E. (Edith) Nesbit
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