heartening

/HH AA1 R T AH0 N IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

adjective
  1. 1

    Cheerfully encouraging.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hearten, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heartening