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shallow-hearted

shallow-hearted adjective: frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.

Adjective

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

  1. Frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.
    • What, what, ye sanguine, shallow-hearted boys!c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of shallow-hearted

comparativemore shallow-hearted
superlativemost shallow-hearted
alternative formshallowhearted

Origin of shallow-hearted

From shallow + hearted.

Words formed from shallow-hearted

Questions about shallow-hearted

What does shallow-hearted mean?
Shallow-hearted means frivolous, incapable of deep feeling.
What part of speech is shallow-hearted?
Shallow-hearted is an adjective.

Words near shallow-hearted in the dictionary

  1. shallow-copying
  2. shallow-fried
  3. shallow-fries
  4. shallow-fry
  5. shallow-frying
  6. shallow-hearted
  7. shallow-heartedness
  8. shallow-pate
  9. shallow-waisted
  10. shallow-witted
  11. shallow-wittedness

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