greathearted
Americanadjective
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having or showing a generous heart; magnanimous.
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high-spirited; courageous; fearless.
greathearted defense of liberty.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of greathearted
1350–1400; Middle English grete hartyd
Example Sentences
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And there’s Andy Roddick in 2009, after 16-14 in the fifth against Federer, absorbing both one of the meanest defeats anyone ever took and the crowd’s greathearted chanting of his name.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2020
“You are dealing with well-intentioned, greathearted, smart, good people, but they are short-timers.”
From New York Times ● May 28, 2014
By turns greathearted and grim, “The Wind Is Not a River” probes the reasons for, and the consequences of, the human practice of war.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2014
Characteristically, Counsel Hogan opened his case by presenting Mr. Mellon as a greathearted, cruelly persecuted philanthropist and patriot.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Keymis, Keymis and his own son—and the few valiant gentlemen—his heart lightened as he thought of them; they were brave and greathearted; they were loyal and steadfast.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
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