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lowhearted en · ADJ

Etymology

From low + hearted.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of low-hearted.
   alt of low-hearted
   • He straightway broke into bitter lamentations, such as I had never heard from him before, for he had always asserted that such wailing was for craven and lowhearted men. 1982, Moses Hadas, transl., Complete Plays:Sophocles, →ISBN, page 10:
   • While therefore we may not be highminded, but fear; so we may not be too lowhearted, in the undervaluing of our condition. 1838, Joseph Hall, Select pieces: from the practical and devotional writings of the eminently pious and learned Bishop Hall, page 195:
   • She was worried about her daughter, too, and in pain often, and lowhearted. 1985, Ursula K. Le Guin, Todd Barton, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Always Coming Home, →ISBN, page 176:

Forms

Deriveds

lowheartedly · lowheartedness