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humblehearted

humblehearted is the alternative form of humble-hearted.

Meaning of humble-hearted

Adjective

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

  1. Meek; humble; unassuming.
    • Old hags many of them were, dried and brown and wrinkled, kerchiefed and short-petticoated, with thick wool stockings on their bony shanks, stumping through the glittering thoroughfares, looking neither to the right nor the left, bent on duty, envying nothing, humble-hearted, remote;1900, William James, What Makes a Life Significant

Forms of humblehearted

comparativemore humblehearted
superlativemost humblehearted

Words formed from humblehearted

Questions about humblehearted

What is humblehearted the alternative form of?
Humblehearted is the alternative form of humble-hearted.

Words near humblehearted in the dictionary

  1. humblebraggings
  2. humblebraggy
  3. humblebrags
  4. humbled
  5. humbledst
  6. humblehearted
  7. humbleheartedness
  8. humblehood
  9. humbleness
  10. humblenesse
  11. humblenesses

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