heartwarming

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   causing gladness and pleasure

   “Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?”

   Similarmoving

Questions about heartwarming

What does heartwarming mean?

heartwarming means "causing gladness and pleasure".

How many syllables are in heartwarming?

heartwarming has 3 syllables: hear-twar-ming. The stress falls on "hear". In IPA it is /ˈhɑɹˌtwɔɹmɪŋ/.

Is heartwarming a common word?

heartwarming is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.