Word Meanings - GREAT-HEARTED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
Related words: (words related to GREAT-HEARTED)
- SPIRITUOUS
1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure. 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; - SPIRITUALIZE
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit. (more info) 1. To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize - NOBLEWOMAN
A female of noble rank; a peeress. - SPIRITUOSITY
The quality or state of being spirituous; spirituousness. - SPIRITUAL-MINDED
Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n. - NOBLE
nobilis that can be or is known, well known, famous, highborn, noble, 1. Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart. Statues, - SPIRITISM
Spiritualsm. - SPIRIT
Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors. (more info) 1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. "All of spirit would deprive." Spenser. - SPIRITUALISTIC
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism. - SPIRITUOUSNESS
The quality or state of being spirituous. Boyle. - NOBLENESS
The quality or state of being noble; greatness; dignity; magnanimity; elevation of mind, character, or station; nobility; grandeur; stateliness. His purposes are full honesty, nobleness, and integrity. Jer. Taylor. - FEARLESS
Free from fear. Syn. -- Bold; courageous; interpid; valor -- Fear"less*ly, adv. -- Fera"less*ness, n. - MAGNANIMOUSLY
In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind. - SPIRITUAL
1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Cor. xv. - MAGNANIMOUS
1. Great of mind; elevated in soul or in sentiment; raised above what is low, mean, or ungenerous; of lofty and courageous spirit; as, a magnanimous character; a magnanimous conqueror. Be magnanimous in the enterprise. Shak. To give a kingdom hath - SPIRITOUS
1. Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. More refined, more spirituous and pure. Milton. 2. Ardent; active. - GENEROUS
noble, excellent, magnanimous, fr. genus birth, race: cf. It. 1. Of honorable birth or origin; highborn. The generous and gravest citizens. Shak. 2. Exhibiting those qualities which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; - SPIRITUALIZATION
The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized. - SPIRITUALIZER
One who spiritualizes. - NOBLEY
1. The body of nobles; the nobility. Chaucer. 2. Noble birth; nobility; dignity. Chaucer. - PUBLIC-SPIRITED
1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly, - DISPIRITED
Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n. - CONGENEROUS
Allied in origin or cause; congeneric; as, congenerous diseases. Sir T. Browne. -- Con*gen"er*ous*ness, n. Hallywell. - DISSPIRIT
See DISPIRIT - UNGENEROUSLY
In an ungenerous manner. - IGNOBLENESS
State or quality of being ignoble. - UNNOBLE
Ignoble. Shak. - ENNOBLE
Etym: 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. "Ennobling all that he touches." Trench. What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. 2. To raise to the rank - GEORGE NOBLE
A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n. - ENNOBLER
One who ennobles. - DEGENEROUSLY
Basely.