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单词 softhearted
释义

softhearted

adjective

soft·​heart·​ed ˈsȯf(t)-ˌhär-təd How to pronounce softhearted (audio)
: emotionally responsive : sympathetic
softheartedly adverb
softheartedness noun

Synonyms

  • beneficent
  • benevolent
  • benignant
  • compassionate
  • good-hearted
  • humane
  • kind
  • kindhearted
  • kindly
  • sympathetic
  • tender
  • tenderhearted
  • warmhearted
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Example Sentences

He looks tough, but he's really very softhearted. She's too softhearted to fire anyone.
Recent Examples on the Web Mashed potatoes are going on the menu, and Tina, the sharp-tongued, softhearted vegetable cook, has just pulled a sheet pan of whole potatoes from the oven. New York Times, 11 July 2022 Chuntao doesn’t want to, but her softhearted husband insists. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2021 Picking up the narrative baton, Jon Hamm takes over as the most softhearted collectibles expert ever. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018 Mr. Dylan, who was never exactly a softhearted songwriter, now openly confronts both his crumbling voice and a treacherous world, while the Rolling Stones continue, stubbornly and miraculously, to romp across stages. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined above

softhearted

adjective

as in compassionate
having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others a softhearted person who never hesitates to help anyone in trouble

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • compassionate
  • benevolent
  • kind
  • sympathetic
  • humane
  • thoughtful
  • gentle
  • tenderhearted
  • kindhearted
  • warmhearted
  • gracious
  • kindly
  • good-hearted
  • merciful
  • friendly
  • sweet
  • generous
  • nice
  • benignant
  • beneficent
  • tender
  • good
  • humanitarian
  • attentive
  • patient
  • considerate
  • pleasant
  • warm
  • affable
  • solicitous
  • pitying
  • benign
  • forgiving
  • lenient
  • soft
  • tolerant
  • noble
  • good-natured
  • charitable
  • liberal
  • genial
  • forbearing
  • good-tempered
  • mild
  • companionable
  • selfless
  • magnanimous
  • altruistic
  • unselfish
  • amicable
  • cordial
  • neighborly
  • understanding
  • clement
  • philanthropic
  • openhearted
  • munificent
  • brotherly
  • comradely
  • unsparing
  • philanthropical
  • greathearted
  • freehanded
  • anticruelty
  • cruelty-free

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cruel
  • heartless
  • callous
  • unsympathetic
  • savage
  • vicious
  • ruthless
  • sadistic
  • brutish
  • unkind
  • brutal
  • truculent
  • unfeeling
  • brute
  • pitiless
  • inhumane
  • inhuman
  • barbaric
  • unkindly
  • merciless
  • bestial
  • barbarous
  • hard-hearted
  • atrocious
  • thoughtless
  • uncaring
  • uncompassionate
  • insensate
  • fiendish
  • tough
  • stern
  • insensitive
  • wanton
  • cold-blooded
  • harsh
  • inconsiderate
  • unthinking
  • severe
  • unsentimental
  • malignant
  • grim
  • spiteful
  • malicious
  • hateful
  • malevolent
  • ironhearted
  • virulent
  • mean
  • nasty
  • malign
  • stonyhearted
  • hard-boiled
  • uncharitable
  • heavy-handed
  • antihumanitarian
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