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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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83 words match “HEARTED”

HALF-HEARTED a. 2 definitions

Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.

HARD-HEARTED a.

Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. -- Hard"-heart`ed*ness, n.

HARE-HEARTED a.

Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth.

Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall.

HIGH-HEARTED a.

Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. -- High"-heart`ed*ness, n.

HOLLOW-HEARTED a.

Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

IRON-HEARTED a.

Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel; as, an iron-hearted master. Cowper.

KIND-HEARTED a.

Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.

KIND-HEARTEDNESS n.

The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.

LARGE-HEARTED a.

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.

LIGHT-HEARTED a.

Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart"ed*ness, n.

LION-HEARTED a.

Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott.

OPEN-HEARTED a.

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

PIGEON-HEARTED a.

Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.

PLAIN-HEARTED a.

Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.

PUBLIC-HEARTED a.

Public-spirited. [R.]

RIGHT-HEARTED a.

Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.

SHALLOW-HEARTED a.

Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.

SIMPLE-HEARTED a.

Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott.

SINGLE-HEARTED a.

Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.