hearted Meaning, Definition & Usage

Heart"ed adjective

Definitions

1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).
2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. R. Landor.
3. Seated or laid up in the heart.

   I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted. Shak.

   ✍ 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.