Antonyms for open heart


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahrt
Phonetic Transcription : hɑrt


Definition of open heart

Origin :
  • Old English heorte "heart; breast, soul, spirit, will, desire; courage; mind, intellect," from Proto-Germanic *khertan- (cf. Old Saxon herta, Old Frisian herte, Old Norse hjarta, Dutch hart, Old High German herza, German Herz, Gothic hairto), from PIE *kerd- "heart" (cf. Greek kardia, Latin cor, Old Irish cride, Welsh craidd, Hittite kir, Lithuanian Å¡irdis, Russian serdce "heart," Breton kreiz "middle," Old Church Slavonic sreda "middle").
  • Spelling with -ea- is c.1500, reflecting what then was a long vowel, and remained when pronunciation shifted. Most of the figurative senses were present in Old English, including "intellect, memory," now only in by heart. Heart attack attested from 1875; heart disease is from 1864. The card game hearts is so called from 1886.
  • As in feel sorry for : verb feel compassion for
  • As in confess : verb admit, confirm
Example sentences :
  • A bee buzzed into the open heart of a rose, bending it with his weight.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • The armies of the Republic have been received with an open hand and an open heart.
  • Extract from : « Friends of France » by Various
  • He is Spirit, and needs only a responsive soul, an open heart, to be found.
  • Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
  • How generous is this keen, light spirit, how pure this open heart!
  • Extract from : « Soliloquies in England » by George Santayana
  • Frank, at any rate, is yours, if you will take him; and you can write about him with an open heart.
  • Extract from : « The Landleaguers » by Anthony Trollope
  • I suggest a toast to an open heart—to a tongue that leads no man astray!
  • Extract from : « The Ghetto » by Herman Heijermans
  • With open purse and open heart, helpful to all who approached him.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire's Romances » by Franois-Marie Arouet
  • No man now but, for a while, did his bidding with an open heart.
  • Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston
  • He was winning and gallant, of open heart, of genial manner.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • But we make nothing of his careful remoulding of ideas, nor give a snap for his "open heart."
  • Extract from : « The Story of a Life » by J. Breckenridge Ellis

Synonyms for open heart

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