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kindhearted

adjective kind·heart·ed \ˌkīnd-ˈhär-təd\

: having or showing a kind and gentle nature

Full Definition of KINDHEARTED

: having or showing a sympathetic nature

— kind·heart·ed·ly adverb

— kind·heart·ed·ness noun

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First Known Use of KINDHEARTED

1535

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Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, kind, humane, kindly, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warmhearted

Antonyms: atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, cruel, fiendish, hard-hearted, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, sadistic, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unkindly, unsympathetic, vicious, wanton

Rhymes with KINDHEARTED

bighearted, coldhearted, departed, downhearted, fainthearted, freehearted, good-hearted, greathearted, halfhearted, hard-hearted, ironhearted, largehearted, lighthearted, proudhearted, softhearted, stouthearted, truehearted, uncharted, warmhearted, weakhearted, wholehearted

KINDHEARTEDNESS Defined for Kids

kindhearted

adjective kind·heart·ed \ˈkīnd-ˈhär-təd\

Definition of KINDHEARTED for Kids

: having or showing a kind and sympathetic nature <a kindhearted man> <a kindhearted gesture>

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