Definition of "heartwarming" []

• Causing gladness and tender feelings: a heartwarming tale. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "KAGAN: And here's what you might call a heartwarming Y2K story."
• "To never again see the word "heartwarming" describe the book THE HELP."
• "Ugh. We did see sob stories and train wrecks and clueless folk but I don't care about these "heartwarming" stories."