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
- greatheartedly adverb
- greatheartedness noun
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
The true Marseillais is bold, humorous, boastful and greathearted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Eve's Ransom by Gissing, George
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