Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dead-hearted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: dead---heart-ed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of deadhearted.

Example Sentences

"An eighteenth-century planter in Virginia complained: "My people seem to be quite dead-hearted and either cannot or will not work.""

Etymology

From dead + hearted.

Inflected Forms

more dead-hearted (comparative) most dead-hearted (superlative)

Phrases

dead-heartedly dead-heartedness

Questions

What does dead-hearted mean?: Alternative form of deadhearted.
Where does dead-hearted come from?: From dead + hearted.

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