Antonyms for heart
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hahrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrt |
Definition of heart
Origin :- Old English heorte "heart; breast, soul, spirit, will, desire; courage; mind, intellect," from Proto-Germanic *khertan- (cf. Old Saxon herta, Old Frisian herte, Old Norse hjarta, Dutch hart, Old High German herza, German Herz, Gothic hairto), from PIE *kerd- "heart" (cf. Greek kardia, Latin cor, Old Irish cride, Welsh craidd, Hittite kir, Lithuanian Å¡irdis, Russian serdce "heart," Breton kreiz "middle," Old Church Slavonic sreda "middle").
- Spelling with -ea- is c.1500, reflecting what then was a long vowel, and remained when pronunciation shifted. Most of the figurative senses were present in Old English, including "intellect, memory," now only in by heart. Heart attack attested from 1875; heart disease is from 1864. The card game hearts is so called from 1886.
- noun person's emotions
- noun courage
- noun essence, central part
- noun blood-pumping organ in an animate being
- And still, dearest Philothea, your heart speaks the same language.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- By some mysterious power you have ever known my heart better than I myself have known it.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Yet all seemed cheerless; for the heart of Paralus was desolate.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I know it all by heart—all the things to say to a man on the downward path.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Give your heart up to it, as a little child led by its mother's hand!
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- But as Philothea bent over him, she perceived a faint pulsation of the heart.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- His spirit yearned after his father, and his heart was sick for his forest home.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- He had become so wedded to his gold that to lose it was like losing his heart's blood.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- The mother's heart was touched, and she forgot all her forebodings.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Her heart seemed not easy to reach; her impulses were not inflammable.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Synonyms for heart
- affection
- basic
- benevolence
- boldness
- bosom
- bottom line
- bravery
- cardiac organ
- center
- character
- clock
- coal and ice
- compassion
- concern
- core
- crux
- dauntlessness
- disposition
- feeling
- focal point
- focus
- fortitude
- gallantry
- gist
- gusto
- guts
- hub
- humanity
- inclination
- kernel
- love
- marrow
- mettle
- middle
- mind
- moxie
- nature
- nerve
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nucleus
- palate
- pith
- pity
- pluck
- polestar
- purpose
- quick
- quintessence
- relish
- resolution
- response
- root
- seat
- sensitivity
- sentiment
- soul
- spirit
- spunk
- sympathy
- temperament
- tenderness
- ticker
- understanding
- vascular organ
- will
- zest
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