Antonyms for half-hearted

Grammar : Adj

Spell : haf-hahr-tid, hahf-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæfˈhɑr tɪd, ˈhɑf-

enthusiastic

Definition of half-hearted

Origin : also halfhearted, early 15c.; see half + hearted. Related: halfheartedly; halfheartedness. English in 17c. also had half-headed "stupid."

adj unenthusiastic

Example sentences :

At the same time, what's the world for, if you're to meet it in that half-hearted way?
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Old friends were gone from him; new friends were but half-hearted.
Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various

But this being so, and you but half-hearted, I tell you, it is too dangerous a game to play for groats.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

Had he stopped there her belief would have only been half-hearted.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

I had never known him handle a case in such a half-hearted fashion.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The recall is a half-hearted and negative way of dealing with this difficulty.
Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

She simply did not know how to give a half-hearted response.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

It will be a contest in which no half-hearted recruit is wanted.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various

The time for half-hearted or three-quarters-hearted attempts to forge ahead were over.
Extract from : « Tutors' Lane » by Wilmarth Lewis

He cut short the banker's half-hearted apologies for not prolonging the evening.
Extract from : « Fantmas » by Pierre Souvestre

Synonyms for half-hearted

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