softhearted

«softhearted» in Mova's school dictionary: kind, gentle and easily feels sorry for others — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (softhearted, more softhearted, most softhearted)

meaning for a pupil

1) A softhearted person is kind, gentle and easily feels sorry for others. tree →

2) Sometimes it means too kind, so that the person is easy to persuade. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories a softhearted character helps the weak, forgives easily or cannot say no. It is usually praise, but «too softhearted» can mean someone is easily tricked. The opposite is «hard-hearted».

examples

• Grandma is so softhearted that she feeds every stray cat. tree →
• The softhearted giant let the children go. tree →
• Don't be softhearted — he's only pretending to cry. tree →
• Mole was softhearted and could not bear to see anyone sad. tree →
• The softhearted judge gave him a second chance. tree →
• She was too softhearted to win the argument. tree →

note

Also written «soft-hearted». Opposite: «hard-hearted». Noun: «softheartedness». It is not about the real heart in your body.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «softhearted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.