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warm-hearted

American  
[wawrm-hahr-tid] / ˈwɔrmˈhɑr tɪd /
Or warmhearted

adjective

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

    a warm-hearted welcome.

    Synonyms:
    fervent, enthusiastic, kind, compassionate, sympathetic

warm-hearted British  

adjective

  1. kindly, generous, forgiving, or readily sympathetic

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Other Word Forms

  • warm-heartedly adverb
  • warm-heartedness noun

Etymology

Origin of warm-hearted

First recorded in 1490–1500

Example Sentences

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Just a steady, warm-hearted procession winding from the Upper West Side to Herald Square.

From Salon

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

From Salon

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

From BBC

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

From BBC

"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.

From BBC