warm-hearted

or warm·heart·ed

[ wawrm-hahr-tid ]

/ ˈwɔrmˈhɑr tɪd /

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adjective

having or showing sympathy, affection, kindness, cordiality, etc.: a warm-hearted welcome.

OTHER WORDS FOR warm-hearted

sympathetic, compassionate, kind; enthusiastic, fervent.

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Origin of warm-hearted

First recorded in 1490–1500

OTHER WORDS FROM warm-hearted

warm-heart·ed·ly, adverbwarm-heart·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby warm-hearted

warmed-up, war memorial, warmer-upper, warm front, warm heart, warm-hearted, warming pan, warminster broom, warmist, warmonger, warmongering

How to use warm-hearted in a sentence

Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
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It was doubtless a warm reunion with his family, who are featured in The Cuban Wives.
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Serve with the warm sauce and your choice of ice cream, whipped cream, or yogurt.
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Both Edgar and Julio shared the same smile and light-hearted manner that I remembered and appreciated from years ago.
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Dinner was a baroque affair, on the beach, a warm breeze gently blowing.
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This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
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It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
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Decomposition sets in rapidly, especially in warm weather, and greatly interferes with all the examinations.
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She may be as chaste as unsunned snow, she is certainly as cold: but for warm, inspiring virtue!
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Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
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British Dictionary definitions for warm-hearted

warm-hearted

adjective

kindly, generous, forgiving, or readily sympathetic

Derived forms of warm-hearted

warm-heartedly, adverbwarm-heartedness, noun

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warm-hearted

or warm·heart·ed

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Origin of warm-hearted

OTHER WORDS FROM warm-hearted

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British Dictionary definitions for warm-hearted

Derived forms of warm-hearted