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gentlehearted

gentlehearted is the alternative form of gentle-hearted.

Meaning of gentle-hearted

Adjective

gentle-hearted (comparative more gentle-hearted, superlative most gentle-hearted)

  1. Kind and compassionate.
    • I am not sure how our "gentle-hearted" little girl will take the sight of the sheep's death, but when it happens she seems as matter-of-fact as the other two children.2010, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia, →ISBN, page 24
  2. Meek and mild.
    • Were these that worshipped here more reverential of the dead? or more affectionate in attachments unsevered by the grave? or more abundant in resources to procure what gentle-hearted poverty might sigh for in vain, a monument, or tablet, or grave stone;2010, William Henry Foote, Sketches of North Carolina, →ISBN, page 416
  3. (archaic) Refined and cultivated, high-born
    • And here's to right our gentle-hearted King!1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 3

Forms of gentlehearted

comparativemore gentlehearted
superlativemost gentlehearted

Origin of gentlehearted

From gentle + hearted.

Words formed from gentlehearted

Questions about gentlehearted

What is gentlehearted the alternative form of?
Gentlehearted is the alternative form of gentle-hearted.

Words near gentlehearted in the dictionary

  1. gentlefolk
  2. gentlefolks
  3. gentlegirl
  4. gentlegirls
  5. gentlehanded
  6. gentlehearted
  7. gentleheartedly
  8. gentleheartedness
  9. gentlehood
  10. gentleladies
  11. gentlelady

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