Meaning of hollow-hearted | Babel Free

Definitions

1. insincere; deceitful; treacherous; hypocritical.
2. Yearning.
3. Having a hole at the center.

Examples

“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.”

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