What does half-hearted mean?

half-hearted means "feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm".

How many syllables are in half-hearted?

half-hearted has 3 syllables: half--hear-ted. The stress falls on "half-". In IPA it is /ˈhæfˌhɑɹtɪd/.

What is another word for half-hearted?

Close synonyms include halfhearted, tepid, lukewarm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is half-hearted a common word?

half-hearted is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with half-hearted?

5 words rhyme with half-hearted. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Half-hearted — meaning and pronunciation

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
“a halfhearted effort”
“gave only lukewarm support to the candidate”
Synonymshalfhearted tepid lukewarm
Similarunenthusiastic

Questions about half-hearted

What does half-hearted mean?: half-hearted means "feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm".
How many syllables are in half-hearted?: half-hearted has 3 syllables: half--hear-ted. The stress falls on "half-". In IPA it is /ˈhæfˌhɑɹtɪd/.

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