kindhearted
[kahynd-hahr-tid]
- having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
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altruistic, amiable, amicable, considerate, generous, good, good-natured, gracious, helpful, humane, kind, merciful, responsive, sympathetic, tender, warm, soft-hearted, tender-hearted, warm-heartedExamples from the Web for kind-hearted
Contemporary Examples of kind-hearted
Instead, camp counselors serve as kind-hearted judges for all the design challenges.
Historical Examples of kind-hearted
They were kind-hearted and rarely did anything that was cruel.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
She was kind-hearted; else never would calamity have befallen her.
The professor, who was a kind-hearted man, drew a herring across the scent.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
And the child was a kind-hearted boy of whom every one was fond.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
An amiable, kind-hearted man, he was greatly beloved by his parishioners.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
kind-hearted
- characterized by kindness; sympathetic
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