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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.

Origin of warm-hearted

First recorded in 1490–1500

SYNONYMS FOR warm-hearted

sympathetic, compassionate, kind; enthusiastic, fervent.

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OTHER WORDS FROM warm-hearted

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

Words nearby warm-hearted

warm up, warm welcome, warm-blooded, warm-blooded animals, warm-down, warm-hearted, warmed-over, warmed-up, warmer-upper, warming pan, warminster broom

Example sentences from the Web for warmhearted

Terry Lee Loewen was just a laid-back, warmhearted avionics technician—or so his family thought.

Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad |Michael Daly |December 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She is warmhearted, generous to a fault, and as silly as they make them.

Reels and Spindles |Evelyn Raymond
At this point, Argula an emotional, warmhearted, and talented woman took a hand in the affair.

Women of the Teutonic Nations |Hermann Schoenfeld
Anything of the unusual at once appealed to the warmhearted, impulsive, somewhat eccentric, lady.

Madame Flirt |Charles E. Pearce

"Do just as you please, Charley," said the warmhearted hunter.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields |Charles W. Hall
He is so kind, so warmhearted; he makes one feel warmed and rested.

Floyd Grandon's Honor |Amanda Minnie Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for warmhearted

warm-hearted

adjective

kindly, generous, forgiving, or readily sympathetic

Derived forms of warm-hearted

warm-heartedly, adverb warm-heartedness, noun