stronghearted

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adjective

Resilient, enduring.

OriginMiddle English strong-herted →
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Meanings

adjectivestronghearted (comparative more stronghearted, superlative most stronghearted)

comparative more stronghearted · superlative most stronghearted · alternative strong-hearted

  1. Resilient, enduring.

    To lose two sons in one day was indeed overwhelming and could crack any stronghearted man.

    2012, Christopher Amatobi, Many Moons Ago in Africa, →ISBN, page 389
  2. Brave, courageous.

    It is according to the same principles that tyrants declare an irreconcilable hatred for Truth and endeavour to crush those who are stronghearted enough to announce it.

    1997, Jean Paul de Lagrave, Voltaire's Man in America, →ISBN, page 330

Origin

  1. Middle Englishstrong-herted
  2. Englishstronghearted

From Middle English strong-herted, strong-hertyd, equivalent to strong + hearted. Compare German starkherzig (“strong-hearted”), Swedish stark hjärtat (“strong-hearted”).

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APA

stronghearted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronghearted

MLA

“stronghearted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronghearted. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stronghearted,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stronghearted.

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