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better-hearted

better-hearted is the comparative form of good-hearted.

Meaning of good-hearted

Adjective

good-hearted (comparative more good-hearted or better-hearted, superlative most good-hearted or best-hearted)

  1. (idiomatic) Kind and well-intentioned.
    • Good-hearted fellows in their way, true to each other, and invariably gentle and courteous to women, is the much-maligned and misunderstood digger.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 192

Questions about better-hearted

What is better-hearted the comparative form of?
Better-hearted is the comparative form of good-hearted.

Words near better-hearted in the dictionary

  1. better-defined
  2. better-developed
  3. better-formed
  4. better-groomed
  5. better-grounded
  6. better-hearted
  7. better-humored
  8. better-humoured
  9. better-hung
  10. better-informed
  11. better-intentioned

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