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Dead-heartedness

DEAD-HEARTEDNESS

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Noun.
Having a dull, faint heart.
DEAD'-LIFT, n. A heavy weight; a hopeless exigency.
DEAD'-LIGHT, n. ded'-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin window, in which it is fixed, to prevent the water from entering a ship in a storm.
DEAD'LIHOOD, n. The state of the dead.
DEAD'LINESS, n. ded'liness. The quality of being deadly.
DEAD'LY, a. ded'ly.

Definition 2024


dead-heartedness

dead-heartedness

See also: deadheartedness

English

Noun

dead-heartedness (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of deadheartedness
    • 2009, J. I. Packer, Rediscovering Holiness: Know the Fullness of Life with God, ISBN 0830751068, page 180:
      The essence of the spiritual warfare in which Christians are involved is battling to say "no" when the world, the flesh, and the devil urge you to say "yes," and to say "yes" when weariness, dead-heartedness, and unbelief prompt you to say "no."