Black-hearted
disposed to doing or wishing evil; malevolent; malicious.
Contemporary Examples
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding Andrew Romano April 13, 2014
Historical Examples
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
The Brentons Anna Chapin Ray
Operas Every Child Should Know Mary Schell Hoke Bacon
The Pirate of Panama William MacLeod Raine
Marie H. Rider Haggard
Fardorougha, The Miser William Carleton
Empire Builders Francis Lynde
The Mystery of the Clasped Hands Guy Boothby
Hereford Elizabeth W. Grierson
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