bighearted

adjective

big·​heart·​ed ˈbig-ˈhär-təd How to pronounce bighearted (audio)
Synonyms of bigheartednext
bigheartedly adverb
bigheartedness noun

Examples of bighearted in a Sentence

a bighearted guy who can't seem to ever say “no”
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So began a campaign that fused blunt political messaging with bighearted moving images—a sensibility not unlike that of Nair’s films. Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025 And while thespians who play, say, Superman or Captain America might be forever tied to those roles, there's a certain amount of anonymity in playing a bighearted orange rock monster. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 July 2025 Alma — who receives minimal attention from her author — marries a bighearted chicken farmer named Izzy, and later grieves the early loss of her husband, and the absence of children. Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025 What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery? Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025 Shunichi, the bighearted patriarch, passed away a few years later. Matt Goulding, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 But people who knew him then recall a boisterous, bighearted student at the center of Yale’s social life. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bighearted was in 1846

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“Bighearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bighearted. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.

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