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black-hearted

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: evil-minded, immoral, malign, abandoned, arrant, bad, bad apple, bad seed, baleful, scurrilous, baneful, base, black-hearted, dark, deleterious, demonic, depraved, despicable, detrimental, devilish, diabolical, evil, facinorous, flagitious, harmful, heinous, ill-intentioned, ill-natured, incorrigible, iniquitous, iniquous, injurious, knavish, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malignant, naughty, nefarious, niddering, nidering, niding, nithing, no-good, peccaminous, pernicious, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scathful, sinful, sinister, sordid, sullen, ungodly, unholy, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From black + hearted.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: зъл (zǎl) — having a wicked, malignant disposition
  • Irish: dúchroíoch — having a wicked, malignant disposition
  • Japanese: 腹黒い (haraguroi) — having a wicked, malignant disposition
  • Urdu: کھوٹا (khōṭā) — having a wicked, malignant disposition