Antonyms for open heart
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hahrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɑrt |
Definition of open 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.
- As in feel sorry for : verb feel compassion for
- As in confess : verb admit, confirm
- A bee buzzed into the open heart of a rose, bending it with his weight.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
- The armies of the Republic have been received with an open hand and an open heart.
- Extract from : « Friends of France » by Various
- He is Spirit, and needs only a responsive soul, an open heart, to be found.
- Extract from : « George Fox » by George Fox
- How generous is this keen, light spirit, how pure this open heart!
- Extract from : « Soliloquies in England » by George Santayana
- Frank, at any rate, is yours, if you will take him; and you can write about him with an open heart.
- Extract from : « The Landleaguers » by Anthony Trollope
- I suggest a toast to an open heart—to a tongue that leads no man astray!
- Extract from : « The Ghetto » by Herman Heijermans
- With open purse and open heart, helpful to all who approached him.
- Extract from : « Voltaire's Romances » by Franois-Marie Arouet
- No man now but, for a while, did his bidding with an open heart.
- Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston
- He was winning and gallant, of open heart, of genial manner.
- Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters
- But we make nothing of his careful remoulding of ideas, nor give a snap for his "open heart."
- Extract from : « The Story of a Life » by J. Breckenridge Ellis
Synonyms for open heart
- acknowledge
- affirm
- allow
- assert
- attest
- aver
- avow
- bleed for
- blow
- blurt out
- chirp
- clue in
- come clean
- come out
- comfort
- commiserate
- concede
- condole with
- confide
- console
- declare
- disclose
- divulge
- dump on
- empathize with
- evince
- express sympathy
- feel for
- finger
- fink
- grant
- grieve with
- have mercy on
- humble oneself
- lament for
- leak
- let on
- level with
- make clean breast of
- manifest
- narrate
- open one's heart
- own
- own up
- pity
- post
- profess
- prove
- rat on
- recognize
- relate
- reveal
- sing
- snitch
- sound off
- spill the beans
- spit out
- squeal
- sympathize
- sympathize with
- tip hand
- unload
- vent
- weasel
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