Antonyms for half-hearted


Grammar : Adj
Spell : haf-hahr-tid, hahf-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈhɑr tɪd, ˈhɑf-


Definition of half-hearted

Origin :
  • also halfhearted, early 15c.; see half + hearted. Related: halfheartedly; halfheartedness. English in 17c. also had half-headed "stupid."
  • adj unenthusiastic
Example sentences :
  • At the same time, what's the world for, if you're to meet it in that half-hearted way?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Old friends were gone from him; new friends were but half-hearted.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • But this being so, and you but half-hearted, I tell you, it is too dangerous a game to play for groats.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • Had he stopped there her belief would have only been half-hearted.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope
  • I had never known him handle a case in such a half-hearted fashion.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The recall is a half-hearted and negative way of dealing with this difficulty.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • She simply did not know how to give a half-hearted response.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • It will be a contest in which no half-hearted recruit is wanted.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • The time for half-hearted or three-quarters-hearted attempts to forge ahead were over.
  • Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis
  • He cut short the banker's half-hearted apologies for not prolonging the evening.
  • Extract from : « Fantmas » by Pierre Souvestre

Synonyms for half-hearted

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