having a specified feeling, mood, personality trait, or kind of heart (now used only in combination).
hardhearted;
sad-hearted.
fixed or present in the heart.
What does hearted mean? Hearted is used in compound words to mean “having a specific type of personality or trait.” The word that precedes hearted indicates the type of personality or trait, as in hardhearted or warm-hearted. Hearted can also be used by itself to mean “present in the heart,” but this usage is very rare. Example: Tim’s so kindhearted that he gave his coat to a homeless man on his walk home today.
First recorded in 1175–1225, hearted is from the Middle English word iherted. See y-, heart, -ed 3
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First released on October 20, 1995, "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge", or "The Brave Hearted Will Take the Bride" has been running daily at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir theatre since its debut.
From Barron's • Oct. 19, 2025
Katie Hickman’s “Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West” features pioneer wives, trafficked immigrants and a heroic Black midwife, among others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023
The Pacific Northwest is where many of America's hops are grown, and Two Hearted uses Centennial hops grown in the region in this beer to give it a combo of pine, grapefruit, and floral flavors.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2021
That same year, one of its signature beers, Two Hearted Ale, was named the best beer in America for the fourth straight year by Zymurgy, the magazine of the American Homebrewers Association.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
There are many tales about the English King Richard, the Lion Hearted, and none is more interesting than that of his meeting with Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest.
From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton
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