adj. given or giving freely.
a. Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. [ 1913 Webster ]
She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. an absence of concern for the welfare of others; indifference to the suffering of others.
a. Cowardly. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. --
a. Inhuman; cruel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Dejected; low-spirited. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hard-hearted; sordid; gross. [ Poetic ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4.
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a. Hollow or unsound at the core; treacherous; deceitful; perfidious. Bacon. --
a. Hard-hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Full of courage or confidence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. --
adj. benevolent.
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n. The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless. --
a. Timorous; timid; easily frightened. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
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I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion-hearted, stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard-heartedness, faint-heartedness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cowardly; timid; chicken-hearted. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of courage or nobleness; high-souled. --
a. Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
a. Hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel;
a. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition;
To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. --
a. Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. --
a. Very brave; brave and magnanimous. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Candid; frank; generous. Dryden. --
a. Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. --
a. Public-spirited. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a right heart or disposition. --
a. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sincere; inguenuous; guileless. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. --
a. Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek. --
a. [ Stiff + heart. ] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a brave heart; courageous. --
a. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. --
Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of a faithful heart; honest; sincere; not faithless or deceitful; as, a truhearted friend. --
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