What does halfhearted mean?

halfhearted means "feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm".

How many syllables are in halfhearted?

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

What is another word for halfhearted?

Close synonyms include half-hearted, 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 halfhearted a common word?

halfhearted is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 halfhearted?

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

halfhearted — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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”
Synonymshalf-hearted tepid lukewarm
Similarunenthusiastic

Questions about halfhearted

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

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