dark-hearted
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.75 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Malevolent; cold and cruel.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "And, at a feast, one of the darkest-hearted fellows, one of the very few who didn’t come to Church, got up and proposed they should throw off the Worship, as it was only bringing sickness and death among them, after all they had given up for it."
- "“Your father is the darkest-hearted man of all,” he said tightly. “He preys on innocent, small children. Our Kickapoo children are revered! Never defiled! Your father will never defile children again!”"
- "We must not forget that Satan is predicted by God as being evil and dark-hearted."
- "Born in Ipswich at the time of the great plague, I grew, if not straight in the eyes of my contemporaries, then at least I grew – dark-faced, dark-haired, dark-hearted with a slight cast in one eye."
- "Perla Lowell's marriage was a painful sham, so now—penniless and alone —she refuses to let this dark-hearted Greek intimidate her."
- "I can help...but not if you use another. Think on that, my dark-hearted wildman."
Usage
Inflected Forms
more dark-hearted (comparative)
darker-hearted (comparative)
most dark-hearted (superlative)
darkest-hearted (superlative)
darkhearted (alternative)
dark hearted (alternative)