Hearty - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɑːrtɪ|  American pronunciation of the word hearty
Brit.  |ˈhɑːtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word hearty

adjective

- showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
a hearty welcome
- providing abundant nourishment (syn: satisfying, solid, square, substantial)
a hearty meal
- endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health (syn: full-blooded, lusty, red-blooded)
a hearty glow of health
- consuming abundantly and with gusto
a hearty (or healthy) appetite
- without reservation
hearty support

Extra examples

He gave us all a hearty welcome.

His grandmother remains hale and hearty in her old age.

...gather round me hearties, and I'll tell you a sea tale that'll shiver your timbers for sure...

There was a hearty welcoming smile on his face.

...the hearty meals prepared by the cook at summer camp...

...a hearty, traditional breakfast that included coddled eggs...

...a hearty dinner might counterbalance missing lunch...

...a hearty Godspeed was extended to all the departing troops...

...after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub...

It's a hearty plant that grows in even the least hospitable climates.

...between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside...

...a gentle jester, the cartoonist more often tries to evoke a broad smile than a hearty guffaw...

...his buddies sent him off to the navy with many robustious and hearty toasts...

...a hearty lunch and a long nap afterwards vitalized him again...

He gave me a hearty slap on the back.

Word forms

adjective
comparative: heartier
superlative: heartiest
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