black-hearted
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- black-heartedly adverb
- black-heartedness noun
Etymology
Origin of black-hearted
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Just as Crane shifted from war reportage to black-hearted poems, Auster has pivoted from the noir-inspired “New York Trilogy” to abstract, Beckett-esque works like “Travels in the Scriptorium.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021
This includes Billy Graves, who laments the continued existence of a killer named Curtis Taft, “the most black-hearted of the Whites,” whom he reëncounters in a hospital bed:
From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2015
There are several soldiers of various rank, led with gravitas by Graham Winton as goodly Prince Don Pedro and Don John, his scheming, black-hearted brother.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2013
The royal family which defeated him, the Tudors, ensured he was remembered as a black-hearted villain, capable of killing family and friends.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2012
The good guys always ride a white horse, and the bad guy is always a black-hearted villain.
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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