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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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905 words match “HEART”

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.

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.

GREAT-HEARTED a. 2 definitions

High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] Clarendon.

GREAT-HEARTEDNESS n.

The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

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.