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English
Etymology
From whole + hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England.
Pronunciation
Adjective
wholehearted (comparative more wholehearted, superlative most wholehearted)
- Having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support.
- Synonyms: fullhearted, hearty, heartful; all in
- Antonyms: unhearty, heartless
- Coordinate term: halfhearted
Derived terms
Translations
having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support
- Bulgarian: искрен (bg) (iskren), предан (bg) (predan), безрезервен (bg) (bezrezerven)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 全心全意 (zh) (quánxīnquányì), 誠懇 / 诚恳 (zh) (chéngkěn), 真心 (zh) (zhēnxīn)
- Danish: helhjertet n
- Esperanto: tutkora
- Finnish: täysi (fi)
- French: sans réserve (fr), qui vient du cœur, épanoui (fr)
- German: herzlichst (de), vollen Herzens, rückhaltlos (de), von ganzem Herzen, mit ganzem Herzen
- Icelandic: hjartanlegur (is)
- Italian: senza riserve, a cuore aperto
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: helhjertet
- Nynorsk: heilhjarta
- Russian: и́скренний (ru) (ískrennij), чистосерде́чный (ru) (čistoserdéčnyj)
- Sicilian: ca veni dû cori
- Spanish: incondicional (es), sin reservas, absoluto (es) m
- Swedish: helhjärtad (sv)
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