warm-hearted

Or warm·heart·ed

[wawrm-hahr-tid]

adjective

1. having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc..

   a warm-hearted welcome.

   Synonyms: fervent, enthusiastic, kind, compassionate, sympathetic

warm-hearted

adjective

1. kindly, generous, forgiving, or readily sympathetic

Other Word Forms

• warm-heartedly adverb
• warm-heartedness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warm-hearted¹

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

“He was a sociable, open and warm-hearted person,” Igorevna said.

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Hee-kyung giggles as she steps into Seoul's new "warm-hearted convenience store".

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The "warm-hearted convenience stores" followed swiftly, a physical location where the lonely were welcome.

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"Parks and Rec loved to kind of reckon with the fact that despite the very good intentioned and warm-hearted, generous public servant that was Leslie Knope, and the folks who worked for the city, that the city still existed on indigenous land, and therefore had to account for those violences and that history," Prof Sheppard told the BBC.

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Jones announced the performer’s death in a January statement mourning the loss of “an incredibly loved, warm-hearted and amazing person.”

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Related Words

• admiring 
• affectionate 
• amiable 
• attentive 
• benevolent 
• caring 
• considerate 
• cordial 
• dear 
• devoted 
• doting 
• earnest 
• faithful 
• friendly 
• generous 
• loyal 
• passionate 
• romantic 
• thoughtful 
• warm