Synonyms for half-hearted
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Lukewarm — lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve
unenthusiastic, desultory, lackadaisical, lukewarm, tepid, indifferent, meh, cool, listless, uninterested, apathetic, nonchalant, unmoved, unconcerned, phlegmatic, spiritless, half-assed vulgar slang, half-arsed UK
2. Mean-spirited — lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve.
He made a halfhearted attempt to read the chapter before giving up and dozing off.
- adj. 2
Lacking in heart or beneficence; ungenerous; unkind.
Related words
- Other spellings
- halfhearted
Example sentences
- lukewarm This soup is just lukewarm. Heat it up again.
- unenthusiastic Tom thinks Mary will be unenthusiastic about that.
- lackadaisical His lackadaisical attitude to studying explains his poor grades.
- desultory Most of the others also lit their pipes and a desultory conversation ensued.
By length
- 3 letters
- meh
- 4 letters
- cool1
- 5 letters
- tepid2
- 7 letters
- unmoved2
- 8 letters
- lukewarm2, listless2
- 9 letters
- heartless2, apathetic4, desultory4
- 10 letters
- nonchalant3, phlegmatic3, spiritless
- 11 letters
- indifferent3, unconcerned3
- 12 letters
- uninterested4
- 13 letters
- lackadaisical5
- 14 letters
- unenthusiastic6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tepid2 = 2 syllables).