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putty-hearted

putty-hearted adjective: cowardly; easily swayed.

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic, rare) Cowardly; easily swayed.

Forms of putty-hearted

comparativemore putty-hearted
superlativemost putty-hearted

Questions about putty-hearted

What does putty-hearted mean?
Putty-hearted means cowardly; easily swayed.
What part of speech is putty-hearted?
Putty-hearted is an adjective.

Words near putty-hearted in the dictionary

  1. putty medals
  2. putty powder
  3. putty powders
  4. putty rubber
  5. putty rubbers
  6. putty-hearted
  7. putty-root
  8. putty-roots
  9. puttying
  10. puttyish
  11. puttyless

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