hearted : Idioms & Phrases

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black-hearted

Black"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.
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broken-hearted

Bro"ken-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
    She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.
    Syn. -- Disconsolable; heart-broken; inconsolable; comfortless; woe-begone; forlorn.
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chicken-hearted

Chick"en-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Timid; fearful; cowardly. Bunyan.
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cold-hearted

Cold"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. -- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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dog-hearted

Dog"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Inhuman; cruel. Shak.
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earthen-hearted

Earth"en-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. Poetic Lowell.
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faint-hearted

  • adjective satellite lacking conviction or boldness or courage
    fainthearted; faint; timid.
    • faint heart ne'er won fair lady
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false-hearted

False"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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flint-hearted

Flint"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Hard-hearted. Shak.
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free-hearted

Free"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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full-hearted

Full"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of courage or confidence. Shak.
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gentle-hearted

Gen"tle-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.
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good-hearted

  • adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
    sympathetic; kindly; benevolent; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
    • was charitable in his opinions of others
    • kindly criticism
    • a kindly act
    • sympathetic words
    • a large-hearted mentor
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great-hearted

Great"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Obs. Clarendon.
  2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
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half-hearted

  • adjective satellite feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
    tepid; halfhearted; lukewarm.
    • a halfhearted effort
    • gave only lukewarm support to the candidate
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Half"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.
  2. Lacking zeal or courage; lukewarm. (of actions) not performed with full effort H. James.
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hard-hearted

Hard"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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hare-hearted

Hare"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.
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hen-hearted

Hen"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.
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high-hearted

High"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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hollow-hearted

Hol"low-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
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iron-hearted

I"ron-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master. Cowper.
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kind-hearted

  • adjective satellite having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition
    kindhearted.
    • a generous and kindhearted teacher
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Kind"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.
    To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.
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large-hearted

  • adjective satellite showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
    sympathetic; kindly; benevolent; charitable; good-hearted; openhearted.
    • was charitable in his opinions of others
    • kindly criticism
    • a kindly act
    • sympathetic words
    • a large-hearted mentor
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Large"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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light-hearted

  • adjective satellite carefree and happy and lighthearted
    blithe; lightsome; blithesome; lighthearted.
    • was loved for her blithe spirit
    • a merry blithesome nature
    • her lighthearted nature
    • trilling songs with a lightsome heart
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Light"-heart"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart"ed*ness, n.
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lion-hearted

Li"on-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott.
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open-hearted

O"pen-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- O"pen-heart`ed*ness, n. Walton.
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pigeon-hearted

Pi"geon-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.
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plain-hearted

Plain"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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public-hearted

Pub"lic-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Public-spirited. R.
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richard the lion-hearted

  • noun son of Henry II and King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade; on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in 1194 (1157-1199)
    Richard Coeur de Lion; Richard I; Richard the Lionheart.
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right-hearted

Right"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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shallow-hearted

Shal"low-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.
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simple-hearted

Sim"ple-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.
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single-hearted

Sin"gle-heart"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.
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soft-hearted

Soft"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek. -- Soft"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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stiff-hearted

Stiff"-heart`ed adjective
Etymology
Stiff + heart.
Definitions
  1. Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4.
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stone-hearted

Stone"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
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stout-hearted

Stout"-heart"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a brave heart; courageous. -- Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.
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tender-hearted

Ten"der-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n.
    Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7.
    Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.
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true-hearted

True"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. -- True"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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warm-hearted

Warm"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic. -- Warm"-heart`ed*ness, n.
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weak-hearted

Weak"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. "Weak-hearted enemies." Shak.
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wise-hearted

Wise"-heart`ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Wise; knowing; skillful; sapient; erudite; prudent. Ex. xxviii. 3.
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