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stronghearted

stronghearted adjective: resilient, enduring.

Adjective

stronghearted (comparative more stronghearted, superlative most stronghearted)

  1. Resilient, enduring.
    • To lose two sons in one day was indeed overwhelming and could crack any stronghearted man.2012, Christopher Amatobi, Many Moons Ago in Africa, →ISBN, page 389
  2. Brave, courageous.
    • It is according to the same principles that tyrants declare an irreconcilable hatred for Truth and endeavour to crush those who are stronghearted enough to announce it.1997, Jean Paul de Lagrave, Voltaire's Man in America, →ISBN, page 330

Forms of stronghearted

comparativemore stronghearted
superlativemost stronghearted
alternative formstrong-hearted

Origin of stronghearted

From Middle English strong-herted, strong-hertyd, equivalent to strong + hearted. Compare German starkherzig (“strong-hearted”), Swedish stark hjärtat (“strong-hearted”).

Words formed from stronghearted

Questions about stronghearted

What does stronghearted mean?
Stronghearted means resilient, enduring.
What part of speech is stronghearted?
Stronghearted is an adjective.

Words near stronghearted in the dictionary

  1. stronghanded
  2. stronghandedly
  3. stronghandedness
  4. strongheaded
  5. strongheadedness
  6. stronghearted
  7. strongheartedly
  8. strongheartedness
  9. stronghold
  10. strongholds
  11. Stronghurst

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