false-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- false-heartedly adverb
- false-heartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of false-hearted
First recorded in 1565–75
Example Sentences
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“I am not a little sparrow,” she sang in a hushed voice, “I am just the broken dream/Of a cold false-hearted lover/And his evil cunning scheme.”
From Los Angeles Times
He therefore warmly resents Wordsworth's remark about "that cold and false-hearted, frenchified coxcomb, Horace Walpole."
From Project Gutenberg
Other acts of cold-blooded cruelty, and false-hearted tyranny followed, till he became the execration and abhorrence of the whole colony.
From Project Gutenberg
And all that time Harold, false-hearted, fair-spoken, mean-spirited Harold, was enjoying himself and playing the gallant to Isabel Walters!
From Project Gutenberg
The charming Eyes of Madame de R—— made me forget the false-hearted Creature on whom I had doated.
From Project Gutenberg
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