"wholehearted" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌhəʊlˈhɑː(ɹ)t.əd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wholehearted.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more wholehearted [comparative], most wholehearted [superlative]
Etymology: whole + hearted. First appeared in 1830-40 in the United States. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whole|hearted}} whole + hearted Head templates: {{en-adj}} wholehearted (comparative more wholehearted, superlative most wholehearted)
  1. Having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support. Synonyms: fullhearted, whole-hearted Derived forms: wholeheartedly, wholeheartedness Related terms: halfhearted Translations (having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support): искрен (iskren) (Bulgarian), предан (predan) (Bulgarian), безрезервен (bezrezerven) (Bulgarian), 全心全意 (quánxīnquányì) (Chinese Mandarin), 誠懇 (Chinese Mandarin), 诚恳 (chéngkěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 真心 (zhēnxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), helhjertet [neuter] (Danish), tutkora (Esperanto), täysi (Finnish), sans réserve (French), qui vient du cœur (French), épanoui (French), herzlichst (German), vollen Herzens (German), rückhaltlos (German), von ganzem Herzen (German), mit ganzem Herzen (German), hjartanlegur (Icelandic), senza riserve (Italian), a cuore aperto (Italian), helhjertet (Norwegian Bokmål), heilhjarta (Norwegian Nynorsk), и́скренний (ískrennij) (Russian), чистосерде́чный (čistoserdéčnyj) (Russian), ca veni dû cori (Sicilian), incondicional (Spanish), sin reservas (Spanish), absoluto [masculine] (Spanish), helhjärtad (Swedish)

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          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
          "word": "qui vient du cœur"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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          "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "искрен"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "全心全意"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "誠懇"
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
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      "word": "helhjertet"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "tutkora"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "täysi"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "sans réserve"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "qui vient du cœur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "épanoui"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "herzlichst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "vollen Herzens"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "rückhaltlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "von ganzem Herzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "mit ganzem Herzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "hjartanlegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "senza riserve"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "a cuore aperto"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "helhjertet"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "heilhjarta"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ískrennij",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "и́скренний"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čistoserdéčnyj",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "чистосерде́чный"
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      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "ca veni dû cori"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "incondicional"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "sin reservas"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "absoluto"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having no reservations; showing unconditional and enthusiastic support",
      "word": "helhjärtad"
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  "word": "wholehearted"
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