- (in combination)
having a heart or disposition as specified: good-hearted, cold-hearted, great-hearted, heavy-hearted
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heart•ed
(här′tid),USA pronunciation adj.
heart′ed•ly, adv.
heart′ed•ness, n.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- having a specified kind of heart (now used only in combination):hardhearted; sad-hearted.
- fixed or present in the heart.
- Middle English iherted. See y-, heart, -ed3 1175–1225
heart′ed•ness, n.
-hearted /ˈhɑrtɪd/USA pronunciation suffix.
- -hearted is attached to adjectives to form adjectives with the meaning "having the character or personality of (the adjective mentioned)'':cold + -hearted → coldhearted (= having a cold heart;unkind or mean);light + -hearted → lighthearted (= feeling light and happy).
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'hearted' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-hearted
- Richard I
- Shylock
- basehearted
- big
- big-hearted
- black
- black-hearted
- blithe
- bloodless
- boldhearted
- breezy
- caper
- chaff
- chicken-hearted
- cold-hearted
- cowardly
- cruelhearted
- debonair
- down-the-line
- downhearted
- ed
- epithet
- faint
- fainthearted
- false-hearted
- folk
- free-hearted
- friendly
- frolic
- gay
- good Joe
- good-hearted
- good-humored
- great-hearted
- half-hearted
- hardhearted
- heartless
- hearty
- heavy-hearted
- insouciant
- iron-hearted
- jeu d'esprit
- jovial
- kind-hearted
- kindhearted
- kindly
- largehearted
- light-hearted
- lion-hearted