heartswelling

comparative more heartswelling · superlative most heartswelling

1. heartwrenching

   powerful, heartswelling music

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   heartswelling hate

   1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Muiopotmos, or The Fate of the Butterflie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

   but her happiness was of a quiet, deep, heart-swelling sort; and though never a great talker, she was always more inclined to silence when feeling most strongly

   1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XXXVII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

   He writes weird, heartswelling movies like Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, none of which follow [Robert] McKee's principles. They abide by Charlie Kaufman’s beliefs.

   2022, Chris Jones, The Eye Test: A Case for Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics