What is another word for halfhearted?

Pronunciation: [hˈɑːfhɑːtɪd] (IPA)

Halfhearted is a word that describes a lack of enthusiasm or spirit, and there are several synonyms that can be used to convey similar meanings. For instance, the word "apathetic" indicates a complete indifference or lack of interest, while "lukewarm" refers to mild or tepid enthusiasm. "Indifferent" may be used to describe a lack of caring or concern, while "uncommitted" suggests a reluctance to fully invest in a particular endeavor. "Half-baked" can also be used to describe an idea or effort that is incomplete or lacking in substance. These synonyms can help to provide nuances in communication and allow for a more precise use of language.

Synonyms for Halfhearted:

What are the hypernyms for Halfhearted?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for halfhearted?

Half-hearted means to do something without enthusiasm or with little effort. The antonyms, or opposites, for this word are wholehearted, enthusiastic, and devoted. When you are wholehearted about something, you give it your all and show great enthusiasm. On the other hand, being half-hearted only shows a lack of interest and dedication. When you are devoted to something, you stick with it and show strong commitment. Half-hearted has negative connotations and implies a lack of sincerity or passion. Therefore, using antonyms like wholehearted or enthusiastic can help express a more positive attitude and genuine effort.

Usage examples for Halfhearted

The cow, shaking her head in a halfhearted defiance, followed.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
And Antony took enough time from Cleopatra's side to make halfhearted preparations to resist.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
If he is trusted by his men they will resent his removal, and give but halfhearted support to his successor; so in dealing with those in high places tact and consideration are essential.
"Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War"
G. F. R. Henderson

Famous quotes with Halfhearted

  • I'm in this business for too long to be halfhearted about anything.
    Lou Reed
  • “Yeah. ‘Environment’ was very big for a while. Ecology Now stickers on the windshields of cars belonging to hairy young men—cars which dripped oil wherever they parked and took off in clouds of smoke thicker than your pipe can produce...Before long, the fashionable cause was something else, I forget what. Anyhow, that whole phase—the wave after wave of causes—passed away. People completely stopped caring... I feel a moral certainty that a large part of the disaster grew from this particular country, the world’s most powerful, the vanguard country for things both good and ill...never really trying to meet the responsibilities of power. We’ll make halfhearted attempts to stop some enemies in Asia, and because the attempts are halfhearted we’ll piss away human lives—on both sides—and treasure—to no purpose. Hoping to placate the implacable, we’ll estrange our last few friends. Men elected to national office will solemnly identify inflation with rising prices, which is like identifying red spots with the measles virus, and slap on wage and price controls, which is like papering the cracks in a house whose foundations are sliding away. So economic collapse brings international impotence...As for our foolish little attempts to balance what we drain from the environment against what we put back—well, I mentioned that car carrying the ecology sticker. At first Americans will go on an orgy of guilt. Later they’ll feel inadequate. Finally they’ll turn apathetic. After all, they’ll be able to buy any anodyne, any pseudo-existence they want.”
    Poul Anderson
  • It’s six months since I did the interview with Jeremy Paxman that inspired this book, and British media today is awash with halfhearted condemnations of my observation that voting is pointless and my admission that I have never voted. My assertion that other people oughtn’t vote either was born of the same instinctive rejection of the mantle of appointed social prefect that prevents me from telling teenagers to “Just Say No” to drugs. I cannot confine my patronage to the circuitry of their minuscule wisdom. “People died so you’d have the right to vote.” No, they did not; they died for freedom. In the case where freedom was explicitly attached to the symbol of democratic rights, like female suffrage, I don’t imagine they’d’ve been so willing if they’d known how tokenistic voting was to become. Note too these martyrs did not achieve their ends by participating in a hollow, predefined ritual, the infertile dry hump of gestural democracy; they did it by direct action. Emily Davison, the hero of women’s suffrage, hurled herself in front of the king’s horses; she defied the tyranny that oppressed her and broke the boundaries that contained her. I imagine too that this woman would have had the rebellious perspicacity to understand that the system she was opposing would adjust to incorporate the female vote and deftly render it irrelevant. This woman, who left her job as a teacher to dedicate her life to activism, was imprisoned nine times. She used methods as severe and diverse as arson and hunger-striking to protest and at the time of her death would have been regarded as a terrorist.
    Russell Brand

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