About The Word Hearty
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Hearty
Hearty Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Hearty?
[adj] without reservation; "hearty support"
[adj] consuming abundantly and with gusto; "a hearty (or healthy) appetite" [adj] endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health; "a hearty glow of health" [adj] providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast" [adj] showing warm and heartfelt friendliness; "gave us a cordial reception"; "a hearty welcome" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hearty: complete | cordial | full-blooded | healthy | lusty | red-blooded | satisfying | solid | substantial | warm | wholesome Related Terms | Find terms related to Hearty: AB | abandoned | ablaze | able seaman | able-bodied seaman | abundant | active | acute | affable | affectionate | afire | aggressive | amiable | amicable | ample | Ancient Mariner | animated | antic | ardent | Argonaut | authentic | beefy | bluejacket | boiling over | bon vivant | boon | boon companion | bouncing | breathless | brisk | buccaneer | burning | capersome | coltish | committed | convivial | cordial | dedicated | deep | deep-sea man | delirious | devoted | devout | doughty | drunk | Dylan | dynamic | eager | earnest | energetic | enterprising | enthusiastic | excited | exuberant | fair-weather sailor | faithful | febrile | fervent | fervid | festive | fevered | feverish | fiery | fisherman | flaming | flush | flushed | Flying Dutchman | forceful | forcible | forcy | free and easy | friendly | frisky | frolicsome | full of beans | full of pep | full-blooded | full-strength | gamesome | gay | generous | genial | genuine | glowing | go-go | good fellow | gracious | gutsy | gutty | hail-fellow-well-met | hale | hale and hearty | hard | hard as nails | hardy | healthy | heartfelt | heated | hefty | honest | hospitable | hot | hot-blooded | husky | impassioned | impetuous | in earnest | incisive | intense | intent | intent on | intoxicated | invigorating | iron-hard | jack | jack afloat | jack-tar | jacky | jolly | jolly fellow | jovial | keen | kinetic | liberal | limey | lively | living | lobsterman | loyal | lusty | mariner | matelot | mettlesome | mighty | navigator | neighborly | Neptune | nervy | nourishing | obstinate | OD | on fire | open | openhearted | passionate | peppy | perfervid | pirate | playful | Poseidon | pot companion | potent | powerful | privateer | profound | profuse | puissant | receptive | red-blooded | red-hot | resolute | responsive | robust | robustious | robustuous | rollicking | rollicksome | rompish | rude | rugged | sailor | salt | satisfying | sea dog | sea rover | seafarer | seafaring man | seaman | serious | shipman | sincere | sizeable | skittish | smacking | snappy | solid | sound | spanking | spirited | sportive | sprightly | square | stalwart | steaming | steamy | steely | stout | strapping | strengthening | strenuous | strong | strong as brandy | strong as strong | strong-willed | sturdy | substantial | take-charge | take-over | tar | trenchant | unfeigned | unrestrained | Varuna | vehement | vibrant | vigorous | viking | vital | vivacious | vivid | warm | warmhearted | water dog | welcoming | whaler | white-hot | wholehearted | windjammer | windsailor | zealous | zestful | zesty | zippy See Also | Hearty In Webster's Dictionary \Heart"y\, a. [Compar. {Heartier}; superl. {Heartiest}.]
1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm;
cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic;
active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting
the government.
Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss.
--Marston.
2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a
hearty timber.
3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty
food; a hearty meal.
Syn: Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial;
earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous.
Usage: {Hearty}, {Cordial}, {Sincere}. Hearty implies honesty
and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers
to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings
are expressed; sincere implies that this expression
corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man
should be hearty in his attachment to his friends,
cordial in his reception of them to his house, and
sincere in his offers to assist them.
\Heart"y\, n.; pl. {Hearties}. Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. --Dickens. |
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