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List Words English Start with Meaning – Update 2021
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List Words start with “H”
Words Starting With Letter H – Part 1
STT | Word | Type | Meaning |
1 | Hackneyed | adjective | Unoriginal and dull, made trite by overuse |
2 | Haggard | adjective | Looking exhausted and unwell, having a wild, wasted or worn look |
3 | Halcyon | adjective | Happy and peaceful, tranquil, idyllic |
4 | Hallucinate | verb | See something which is not actually present, perception of sight, sounds etc which are not present |
5 | Hapless | adjective | Unlucky, unfortunate |
6 | Harangue | verb | Criticize aggressively, a long blustering speech |
7 | Harbinger | noun | A sign or herald of something, a forerunner |
8 | Harmonious | adjective | The quality of forming a pleasing combination, agreement; peace, having parts arranged in an orderly manner |
9 | Harrowing | noun | Upsetting, very distressing |
10 | Hauteur | adjective | Disdainful pride |
11 | Heady | adjective | Intoxicating, having an exciting effect |
12 | Hearsay | noun | Information received which may be unreliable, rumour, gossip |
13 | Heckle | verb | Interrupt a public speaker with comments or abuse, to harass a speaker with questions or taunts |
14 | Heinous | adjective | Very wicked, outrageously evil |
15 | Herculean | adjective | Requiring or having great strength or effort, calling for great strength, size and courage |
16 | Heterogeneous | adjective | Varied, dissimilar, differing in structure, quality etc |
17 | Heyday | noun | The period of a person's greatest success, energy etc |
18 | Hiatus | noun | A pause or gap in a sequence |
19 | Hinder | verb | Delay or obstruct |
20 | Hobnob | verb | Socialize with important people, to be on close terms (with) |
21 | Hogwash | noun | Useless or insincere talk, writing etc. |
22 | Hoi polloi | noun | The ordinary people, the common people, hoi=the polloi=people |
23 | Homonym | noun | A word with the same spelling and pronunciation as another but with a different meaning, origin. |
24 | Hoodwink | verb | Deceive or trick |
25 | Horrendous | adjective | Very unpleasant or horrifying, horrible |
Words Starting With Letter H – Part 2
The English Words List includes the most commonly used word with over 2,000 of the most frequently used words in spoken English and provides example sentences using that word.
STT | Word | Type | Meaning |
26 | Hortatory | verb | Exhorting, advising, serving to encourage or urge to good deeds |
27 | Hostile | adjective | Unfriendly, opposed |
28 | Hubris | noun | Excessive pride or self confidence, arrogance caused by pride |
29 | Huddle | verb | Crowd together, a close group or mass |
30 | Hullabaloo | noun | Informal-an uproar, clamour, hubbub |
31 | Humane | adjective | Showing concern and kindness, tender |
32 | Humbug | noun | False or misleading talk or behavior, trick |
33 | Humility | noun | The quality of being humble |
34 | Humdrum | adjective | Dull or ordinary, monotonous |
35 | Hyperbole | noun | Statements that are deliberately exaggerated for effect, exaggerated for effect and not be taken seriously |
36 | Hypocritical | adjective | Too critical |
37 | Hypocrisy | noun | Behavior in which a person pretends to have higher standards than is the case |
38 | Hangdog | adjective | Shamefaced |
39 | Haughty | adjective | Arrogant and contemptuous of others |
40 | Heed | verb | Pay attention to, pay heed-pay careful attention |
41 | Hilarious | adjective | Very funny |
42 | Hilt | noun | To the hilt-completely, to the limit |
43 | Hinder | verb | Delay or obstruct |
44 | Hindsight | noun | Understanding of a situation or event after it has happened |
45 | Hocus-pocus | noun | Meaningless talk used to deceive, nonsense words or phrases used |
46 | Hound | noun | Harass, get after, pursue |
47 | Hurl | verb | Throw with great force |
48 | Hype | noun | Informal-excessive or exaggerated publicity, publicize in an excessive or exaggerated way |
49 | Hypothesis | noun | A proposed explanation based on limited evidence, used as a basis for further investigation |
50 | Hysteria | noun | Extreme or uncontrollable emotion or excitement |
Conclusion
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