wholehearted

See also: whole-hearted

English

Alternative forms

• whole-hearted

Etymology

From whole +‎ hearted. First appears before 1628 in the publications of John Preston, a clergyman in the Church of England.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

wholehearted (comparative more wholehearted, superlative most wholehearted)

1. Showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment; having no reservations.

   Synonyms: fullhearted, hearty, heartful; all in

   Antonyms: heartless, unhearty

   Coordinate term: halfhearted

Derived terms

• wholeheartedly
• wholeheartedness

Translations

showing enthusiastic and unconditional commitment

• Bulgarian: безрезервен (bg) (bezrezerven), искрен (bg) (iskren), предан (bg) (predan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全心全意 (zh) (quánxīnquányì, literally “with one’s whole heart and intention”), 誠懇 / 诚恳 (zh) (chéngkěn), 真心 (zh) (zhēnxīn)

• Danish: helhjertet n
• Esperanto: tutkora
• Finnish: täysi (fi)
• French: qui vient du cœur, épanoui (fr), sans réserve (fr)
• German: herzlichst (de), mit ganzem Herzen, rückhaltlos (de), vollen Herzens, von ganzem Herzen
• Icelandic: hjartanlegur (is)
• Italian: a cuore aperto, senza riserve
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: helhjertet

  Nynorsk: heilhjarta

• Russian: чистосерде́чный (ru) (čistoserdéčnyj), и́скренний (ru) (ískrennij)
• Sicilian: ca veni dû cori
• Spanish: absoluto (es) m, incondicional (es), sin reservas
• Swedish: helhjärtad (sv)