hollow-heartedadj.
Having a hollow heart; insincere, false.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adjective]
feignedc1374
unplaina1393
hollowa1529
hollow-hearted1549
foul1550
unsincere1577
insincere1634
unsound1714
lip-deep1802
lip-born1872
phoney1951
pseud1962
1549 J. Olde in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. Prol. sig. .iiii Holowe herted flatterye and craftye deceauyng.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. (1655) xii. 43 Inwardly false and hollow hearted.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 44 Hollowhearted apathy, The cruellest form of perfect scorn.
Derivatives
ˌhollow-ˈheartedness n. insincerity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [noun]
hollow-heartedness1549
bias drawinga1616
unsincerity1646
hollowness1648
unsincereness1683
insinceritya1699
phoniness1910
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 John ii. f. xliiii Except al holowhartednes be also plucked quite out of ye mind.
a1679 J. Brown Life of Faith (1824) I. ii. 44 The Lord discovereth the hollow-heartedness of many.
1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 15 539 They are haughty toward strangers,..suspicious, and full of hollow-heartedness.
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