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darkhearted

darkhearted adjective: malevolent.

Adjective

darkhearted (comparative more darkhearted, superlative most darkhearted)

  1. Malevolent
    • The Nana himself, his like-minded brother Bala Rao, and the darkhearted Azimoollah Khan, all died in Nepal during 1859.1866, Lionel James Trotter, The history of the British empire in India, 1844 to 1862
  2. Unenlightened
    • Chiefs are darkhearted and fickle.1865, The Bishop of Honolulu, The Hawaiian Islands, page 53
  3. Despondent
    • Fealis, First Dancer before her, had been cut down in her fourth dueldance; and Mene, before that, had been lamed and had come to feel too darkhearted for briding.1978, Ansen Dibell, Pursuit of the Screamer, page 19
  4. Bleak
    • Thus motivated, he began to really distinguish himself as a pompous prat on Atrocities, Christian Death's darkhearted return to the somber cesspool of slow-paced grimness.1991, Ira A. Robbins, The Trouser Press Record Guide, →ISBN, page 127
  5. Having dark heartwood
    • The next thing that impressed was the very high proportion of red or darkhearted wood and the very small ring of white wood in these darkhearted logs.1970, Quarterly Journal of Forestry - Volume 64, page 69
  6. Having a dark center
    • An eternity later, the snowflake melted into a darkhearted halo.2012, Troy Denning, Faces of Deception, →ISBN

Forms of darkhearted

comparativemore darkhearted
superlativemost darkhearted

Questions about darkhearted

What does darkhearted mean?
Darkhearted means malevolent.
What part of speech is darkhearted?
Darkhearted is an adjective.

Words near darkhearted in the dictionary

  1. darkfics
  2. darkfield
  3. darkful
  4. darkhaired
  5. Darkhan
  6. darkhearted
  7. darkhorse
  8. darkhorse candidate
  9. darkhorse candidates
  10. darkie
  11. darkies

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