What does hollow-hearted mean?
Hollow-hearted means insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical..
Had I, through the weakness and doting fondness of this poor woman, come upon the one link which would yet lead us to identify this hollow-hearted, false and most vindictive man of great affairs with the wandering and worthless husband of the nodescript Bess, whose hand I had touched and whose errand I had done, little realizing its purport or the influence it would have upon our lives?
Their fingers tightened with a sweet fury, and they sat still and breathless and crazy with love, their eyes drowsy with tenderness, hollow-hearted with wanting each other, and wanting to put their mouths together.
Just like a bamboo is hollow-hearted, he ought to open his heart to accept whatsoever of help and not ever have conceit either bias.
Use hollow-hearted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hollow-hearted means insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical..
Common synonyms include double-hearted, false-hearted, two-faced, beguiling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Had I, through the weakness and doting fondness of this poor woman, come upon the one link which would yet lead us to identify this hollow-hearted, false and most vindictive man of great affairs with the wandering and worthless husband of the nodescript Bess, whose hand I had touched and whose errand I had done, little realizing its purport or the influence it would have upon our lives?
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