warm someone's heart

English

Alternative forms

• gladden someone's heart

Verb

warm someone's heart (third-person singular simple present warms someone's heart, present participle warming someone's heart, simple past and past participle warmed someone's heart)

1. Make glad.

   Synonym: warm the cockles of someone's heart

Related terms

• heart-warming

Translations

warm the cockles of someone's heart — see warm the cockles of someone's heart

References

• “warm gladden someone s heart” (US) / “warm gladden someone s heart” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “warm someone's heart”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.