Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

1,394 words match “HEAR”

COLD-HEARTED a.
Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. -- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.
COWHEARTED a.
Cowardly. The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. R. North.
DEADHEARTED; DEAD-HEARTED a.
Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
DISHEART v.
To dishearten. [Obs.]
DISHEARTEN v.
d hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.
DISHEARTENMENT n.
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
DOG-HEARTED a.
Inhuman; cruel. Shak.
DOUBLEHEARTED a.
Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.
DOWNHEARTED a.
Dejected; low-spirited.
EARTHEN-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [Poetic] Lowell.
ENHEARTEN v.
To give heart to; to fill with courage; to embolden. The enemy exults and is enheartened. I. Taylor.
FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED a.
asily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"*heart`ed*ness, n.
FALSE-HEART a.
False-hearted. Shak.
FALSE-HEARTED a.
Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. -- False"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Stillingfleet.
FLINT-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted. Shak.
FOREHEAR v.
To hear beforehand.
FOREHEARTH n.
The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.
FREE-HEARTED a.
Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.
FULL-HEARTED a.
Full of courage or confidence. Shak.
GENTLE-HEARTED a.
Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.
← Previous Page 4 of 70 Next →