Synonyms

truehearted

American

[troo-hahr-tid] / ˈtruˈhɑr tɪd /

Or true-hearted

adjective

faithful; loyal.
honest; sincere.

Other Word Forms

trueheartedness noun

Etymology

Origin of truehearted

1425–75; late Middle English true hartyd; true, heart, -ed ³

Example Sentences

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A robot insurgency is unlikely to take place as a battle of truehearted humans against hordes of evil machines.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016

A truehearted hero in every sense of the word.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2013

It was accompanied by an editorial praising the general's "truehearted, frank religiousness in his intercourse with God."

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, at home he sat down and wept over his fate, and his truehearted comrade wept with him almost the whole afternoon.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav

Aw'd like one booath hansum an strong, An honest, truehearted an kind, But aw'm sewer aw could ne'er get along, Wi' a felly 'at had'nt a mind.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John

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