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sweet-hearted

sweet-hearted adjective: of sweet disposition.

Adjective

sweet-hearted (comparative more sweet-hearted or sweeter-hearted, superlative most sweet-hearted or sweetest-hearted)

  1. Of sweet disposition.
    • My friends that are engaged with public questions, do not restrict your zeal, and do not be warped nor bent by any sinister influence; but let the mind and will of Christ be in you—let the Spirit of God dwell with you. You will be clearer-headed, more content, sweeter-hearted, and more influential...1860 December 20, Henry Ward Beecher, “Sermons”, in The Independent, volume XII, number 629, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 5
    • When sweet-hearted Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) decides he wants his own family and stumbles onto dino eggs, he adopts the little critters, unleashing all manner of prehistoric chaos.2009 July 9, Hugh Hart, “Movies: ’’Bruno’’ Ups Ante on Outrage”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2014

Examples of sweet-hearted in a sentence

  • It’s a very sweet-hearted, kind show, and it places family first and doing the right thing first.[…]’2010 October 26, Maria Elena Fernandez, “Lucas Neff breaks out on ‘Raising Hope’ and laughs a little along the way”, in Los Angeles Times...
  • I'll think of some who won't be entering the new year with us—big, sweet-hearted dynamo Richard Holbrooke, and Ted Sorensen, counselor to presidents, whose pen was a terrible swift sword.2011 January 3, Peggy Noonan, “Days of Auld Lang What?”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of sweet-hearted

comparativemore sweet-hearted
comparativesweeter-hearted
superlativemost sweet-hearted
superlativesweetest-hearted
alternative formsweet hearted
alternative formsweethearted

Words formed from sweet-hearted

Questions about sweet-hearted

What does sweet-hearted mean?
Sweet-hearted means of sweet disposition.
How do you use sweet-hearted in a sentence?
It’s a very sweet-hearted, kind show, and it places family first and doing the right thing first.[…]’
What part of speech is sweet-hearted?
Sweet-hearted is an adjective.

Words near sweet-hearted in the dictionary

  1. sweet-corn
  2. sweet-gale
  3. sweet-gales
  4. sweet-gum
  5. sweet-gums
  6. sweet-hearted
  7. sweet-heartedly
  8. sweet-heartedness
  9. sweet-leaf
  10. sweet-leafs
  11. sweet-leaves

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