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1,027 words match “AFFECT”

HEADY a.
Apt to affect the head; intoxicating; strong. The liquor is too heady. Dryden.
HEART n. 2 definitions
The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the s…
HEART-ROBBING a.
Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
HEART-WHOLE a.
Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
HEARTED a.
Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
HEARTLESS a.
Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron. -- Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.
HEARTSTRIKE v.
To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "The seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.
HEAVENLYMINDED; HEAVENLY-MINDED a.
Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
HEMICRANIA n.
A pain that affects only one side of the head.
HEMIPLEGIA n.
A palsy that affects one side only of the body. -- Hem`i"pleg"ic, a.
HERPES n.
An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to ano…
HISTORY n.
A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year…
HISTRIONISM n.
Theatrical representation; acting; affectation. Sir T. Browne.
HOARSE a.
Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven. The hoarse resounding shore. Dryden.
HOLDBACK n.
Check; hindrance; restraint; obstacle. The only holdback is the affection . . . that we bear to our wealth. Hammond.
HOLY a.
Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. Keble. Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion…
HOMAGE n.
Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.
HOME n.
The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections. He entered in his house -- his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. Byron.
HONOR n. 2 definitions
Fame; reputation; credit. Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. Bacon. If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. Rogers.
HOOVEN; HOVEN a.
Affected with hoove; as, hooven, or hoven, cattle.
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