hollowhearted
hollowhearted is the alternative form of hollow-hearted.
Meaning of hollow-hearted
Adjective
hollow-hearted (comparative more hollow-hearted, superlative most hollow-hearted)
- insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical.
- Had I, through the weakness and doting fondness of this poor woman, come upon the one link which would yet lead us to identify this hollow-hearted, false and most vindictive man of great affairs with the wandering and worthless husband of the nodescript Bess, whose hand I had touched and whose...2013, Anna Katherine Green, The Mayor's Wife, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- double-hearted, false-hearted, two-faced, beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptive, deceptory, fallacious, fraudful
- Yearning.
- Their fingers tightened with a sweet fury, and they sat still and breathless and crazy with love, their eyes drowsy with tenderness, hollow-hearted with wanting each other, and wanting to put their mouths together.2011, J. R. Salamanca, The Lost Country, →ISBN
- Having a hole at the center.
- Just like a bamboo is hollow-hearted, he ought to open his heart to accept whatsoever of help and not ever have conceit either bias.2015, Donna Rivas, Bamboo 222 Success Secrets - 222 Most Asked Questions On Bamboo, →ISBN
Forms of hollowhearted
| comparative | more hollowhearted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hollowhearted |
Origin of hollowhearted
From hollow + hearted.
Words formed from hollowhearted
Questions about hollowhearted
- What is hollowhearted the alternative form of?
- Hollowhearted is the alternative form of hollow-hearted.
Words near hollowhearted in the dictionary
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