good-hearted

Or good·heart·ed

[good-hahr-tid]

adjective

1. kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.

Other Word Forms

• good-heartedly adverb
• goodheartedly adverb
• good-heartedness noun
• goodheartedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of good-hearted¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Noting the show’s timely themes, Times television critic Robert Lloyd called it a “perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries” in his review.

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Now, as civil rights are being beaten back to … backwardness by small-minded politicians, there’s a timely element to this perfectly decent, good-hearted, unsurprisingly sentimental miniseries.

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While that was quickly cancelled, Warner came to be associated with stable, good-hearted guys whose lives are more together than those of their friends.

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Pragmatic, good-hearted Ava is the film’s moral center, the one disgusted enough to realize that she, her friends and Southport’s leadership are all cretins.

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The 20th-century version of the "bimbo" was dim, but almost always good-hearted, exhibiting a childlike generosity to others.

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Related Words

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• affable 
• amiable 
• approachable 
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• congenial 
• considerate 
• cordial 
• courteous 
• courtly 
• friendly 
• genial 
• good-natured 
• hospitable 
• loving 
• polite 
• sociable 
• well-mannered