softhearted

British  

/ ˌsɒftˈhɑːtɪd /

adjective

1. easily moved to pity

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Other Word Forms

• softheartedly adverb
• softheartedness noun

Example Sentences

Gene Takavic is simply the frosting around several layers surrounding a softhearted center – and we all know that the center is the best part.

From Salon

This musical, a production of Page 73, Playwrights Horizons and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company, forgoes the commercial niceties and digestible narratives of many Broadway shows, delivering a story that’s searing and softhearted, uproarious and disquieting.

From New York Times

The hard-hitting rap of “Slugger” bleeds into a softhearted track like “Sierra Nights,” which sounds like a coming-of-age movie.

From New York Times

“Indeed, we are all softhearted when we see your innocent expression, but that does not mean that we want to become playthings whom you can deceive!” she wrote in a post on Weibo.

From New York Times

I was also probably too dismissive of a certain kind of comedy that cloyingly straddles the spot between smart snark and softhearted sensitivity.

From Washington Post