bleeding heart
noun
any of various plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, especially D. spectabilis, a common garden plant having long, one-sided clusters of rose or red heart-shaped flowers.
a person who makes an ostentatious or excessive display of pity or concern for others.
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Origin of bleeding heart
First recorded in 1685–95
OTHER WORDS FROM bleeding heart
bleeding-heart, adjectiveWords nearby bleeding heart
bleeder resistor, bleeder's disease, bleeder tile, bleeding, bleeding edge, bleeding heart, bleed someone white, bleed valve, bleep, bleeper, bleeping
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Example sentences from the Web for bleeding heart
Some of the bleeding-heart left-wing, extreme left-wing, are actually different from liberals.
Robert Duvall on His Storied Career, His New Movie, and Why He’s Ditching the GOP|Marlow Stern|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEASTJust plain, old-fashioned, bleeding-heart liberal Democrats.
Michigan’s Primary Party Crashers: Democrats Crossing Over to Thwart Romney|Ben Jacobs|February 28, 2012|DAILY BEASTIn Sodom, the mob comes to get the strangers and the bleeding-heart liberal who tried to put a roof over their head.
The bleeding-heart is a rather shy flower, and never makes itself common enough to dull our enthusiasm for it.
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits|Mary Elizabeth Parsons
British Dictionary definitions for bleeding heart
bleeding heart
noun
any of several plants of the genus Dicentra, esp the widely cultivated Japanese species D. spectabilis, which has finely divided leaves and heart-shaped nodding pink flowers: family Fumariaceae
informal
- a person who is excessively softhearted
- (as modifier)a bleeding-heart liberal
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