heartful
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editheartful (plural heartfuls or heartsful)
- An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- 1961, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, The souls of black folk: essays and sketches:
- How many heartfuls of sorrow shall balance a bushel of wheat?
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English hartfull, herte full; equivalent to heart + -ful.[1]
Adjective
editheartful (comparative more heartful, superlative most heartful)
- Sincere and compassionate.
- Synonyms: compassionate, cordial, hearty, sincere, wholehearted
- Antonyms: heartless, uncordial, uncompassionate; soulless, thoughtless, mindless, unmindful
- 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Ezechiel xxvij:[31], folio lxvi, verso, column 2:
- They ſhall mourne foꝛ the with hertfull ſoꝛow, […]
- 2020, Frank J. Sileo, Bee Heartful: Spread Loving-Kindness:
- Bentley is a heartful bee. His heart is filled with love.
- 2023, Jitender Kumar, Inspirewise Life, page 11:
- […] a heartful approach, we open ourselves to the transformative power of love, compassion, and genuine connection. In a heartful way, we begin our meditation practice by creating a serene and sacred space, free from distractions.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “heartful, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.