English Alternative forms heart-balm heartbalm Etymology From heart + balm. Noun heart balm (countable and uncountable, plural heart balms) (idiomatic) Something that soothes a person's fears or emotions. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 211:So many things, however, are a genuine heartbalm like the prickles of the Pleiades rising on the night. A fine for breach of promise (to marry). Translations idiomatic: something soothing Finnish: palsamia sydämelle German: Balsam für die Seele m Romanian: please add this translation if you can Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.