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young at heart

young at heart adjective: having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.

Adjective

young at heart (comparative more young at heart, superlative most young at heart)

  1. (idiomatic) Having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.

Forms of young at heart

comparativemore young at heart
superlativemost young at heart

Questions about young at heart

What does young at heart mean?
Young at heart means having the joy and vitality associated with younger people, despite one's own advanced age.
What part of speech is young at heart?
Young at heart is an adjective.

Words near young at heart in the dictionary

  1. young adulthood
  2. young adulthoods
  3. young adults
  4. Young America
  5. young and keen
  6. young at heart
  7. young blood
  8. young bloods
  9. young boul
  10. young boy
  11. young boys

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