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heart-warming

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • It was a heart-warming movie about a child overcoming adversity.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սրտաշարժ (srtašarž) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Armenian: սրտագրավ (srtagrav) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Azerbaijani: ürəkaçan — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Bulgarian: затрогващ (zatrogvašt) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 感人 (gǎnrén) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暖心 (nuǎnxīn) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Dutch: hartverwarmend — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Finnish: sydäntä lämmittävä — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Finnish: hellyttävä — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • French: attendrissant — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • French: touchant — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • French: qui fait chaud au cœur — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • German: herzerwärmend — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • German: herzlich — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • German: herzerfrischend — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Hungarian: szívmelengető — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Italian: toccante — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Italian: commovente — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Japanese: 心温まる (kokoro atatamaru) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Japanese: 微笑ましい (hohoemashii) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Lithuanian: jaudinantis — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rørande — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vedkjømeleg — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Polish: radujący serce — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Portuguese: animador — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Russian: серде́чный (serdéčnyj) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Russian: душе́вный (dušévnyj) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Russian: тро́гательный (trógatelʹnyj) — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Spanish: conmovedor — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Spanish: cálido — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Swedish: gripande — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Swedish: hjärtevärmande — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Turkish: iç ısıtan — eliciting tenderness and sympathy
  • Vietnamese: ấm lòng — eliciting tenderness and sympathy