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单词 softheartedness
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

softheartedness

noun

1
as in sympathy
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune the kind of softheartedness that makes him an easy target for anyone with a tale of woe

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sympathy
  • kindness
  • compassion
  • heart
  • bigheartedness
  • largeheartedness
  • pity
  • ruth
  • mercy
  • humanity
  • feelings
  • feeling
  • generosity
  • sensitivity
  • responsiveness
  • commiseration
  • warmheartedness
  • good-heartedness
  • kindheartedness
  • charity
  • love
  • kindliness
  • affection
  • empathy
  • regard
  • sensibility
  • rapport
  • humaneness
  • affinity
  • benignancy
  • humanism
  • humanitarianism
  • philanthropy
  • altruism
  • goodwill
  • benevolence
  • benignity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pitilessness
  • coldheartedness
  • indifference
  • inhumanity
  • inhumanness
  • mercilessness
  • cruelty
  • coldness
  • disinterest
  • hatred
  • unconcern
  • callousness
  • hostility
  • animosity
  • hard-heartedness
  • dislike
  • harshness
  • antipathy
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2
as in kindness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others the widow's naive softheartedness makes it hard for her to say "no" to charitable appeals

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • kindness
  • tenderness
  • humaneness
  • compassionateness
  • benignancy
  • attentiveness
  • generosity
  • tenderheartedness
  • warmth
  • beneficence
  • warmheartedness
  • benevolence
  • benignity
  • kindheartedness
  • thoughtfulness
  • good-heartedness
  • kindliness
  • good-temperedness
  • patience
  • mercifulness
  • friendliness
  • considerateness
  • tolerance
  • understanding
  • leniency
  • pleasantness
  • clemency
  • affability
  • greatheartedness
  • altruism
  • charitableness
  • graciousness
  • philanthropy
  • niceness
  • good-naturedness
  • unselfishness
  • magnanimity
  • charity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cruelty
  • barbarousness
  • savagery
  • inhumanity
  • heartlessness
  • barbarity
  • brutishness
  • brutality
  • unkindliness
  • callousness
  • unfeelingness
  • ruthlessness
  • pitilessness
  • bestiality
  • savageness
  • unkindness
  • mercilessness
  • severity
  • inconsiderateness
  • toughness
  • cold-bloodedness
  • hard-heartedness
  • thoughtlessness
  • insensitivity
  • virulence
  • sternness
  • grimness
  • malevolence
  • harshness
  • maliciousness
  • spitefulness
  • hatefulness
  • meanness
  • vitriol
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