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greathearted

[greyt-hahr-tid]

adjective

  1. having or showing a generous heart; magnanimous.

  2. high-spirited; courageous; fearless.

    greathearted defense of liberty.



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Other Word Forms

  • greatheartedly adverb
  • greatheartedness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greathearted1

1350–1400; Middle English grete hartyd
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Example Sentences

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She could be as hilarious as she was profound, as scathing as she was greathearted, as meticulously surgical as she was freewheeling and fun.

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“You are dealing with well-intentioned, greathearted, smart, good people, but they are short-timers.”

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By turns greathearted and grim, “The Wind Is Not a River” probes the reasons for, and the consequences of, the human practice of war.

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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.

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Past and future are alike powerless over me; I live in the glorious sunlight of this summer day, under the benediction of a greathearted wine.

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