Halfhearted

Synonyms for "halfhearted" (102 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Strong matches (30)

Adjective(2 words)
half-heartedlukewarm

Related words (51)

Adjective(1 words)
tepid

Related word relations

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Related terms

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coordinate

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similar

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Translations

27 translations across 16 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • تعوزه الحماسَة adj (lacking full energy)
  • مفتقر إلى الحماسَة adj (lacking full energy)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • апатичен adj (lacking full energy)
  • равнодушен adj (lacking full energy)

Dutch

2 entries
  • halfhartig adj (lacking full energy)
  • halfslachtig adj (lacking full energy)

Finnish

4 entries
  • laimea adj (lacking full energy)
  • penseä adj (lacking full energy)
  • puolinainen adj (lacking full energy)
  • puolivillainen adj (lacking full energy)

French

2 entries
  • mou adj (lacking full energy)
  • peu enthousiaste adj (lacking full energy)

German

1 entries
  • halbherzig adj (lacking full energy)

Irish

1 entries
  • fuarbhruite adj (lacking full energy)

Italian

2 entries
  • fiacco adj (lacking full energy)
  • incerto adj (lacking full energy)

Māori

1 entries
  • waimori adj (lacking full energy)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • halvhjerta adj (lacking full energy)
  • halvhjertet adj (lacking full energy)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • halvhjarta adj (lacking full energy)

Polish

1 entries
  • na pół gwizdka adj (lacking full energy)

Spanish

1 entries
  • sin gana adj (lacking full energy)

Swedish

1 entries
  • halvhjärtad adj (lacking full energy)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • tambisi adj (lacking full energy)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gönülsüz adj (lacking full energy)
  • isteksiz adj (lacking full energy)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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His halfhearted apology could barely satisfy anyone.

Source: tatoeba (4320435)

Tom gave a halfhearted smile.

Source: tatoeba (10682320)

Near-synonym: half-assed

Source: wiktionary

He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.

Source: wiktionary

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