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good-heartedness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of good-heartedness

1 sympathetic concern for the well-being of others

  • the woman's inherent good-heartedness impelled her to share the little food she had
Synonyms of good-heartedness

beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, compassionateness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, softheartedness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness
Words Related to good-heartedness

attentiveness, considerateness, thoughtfulness

affability, friendliness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, warmth

graciousness, niceness, pleasantness

clemency, leniency, mercifulness

patience, tolerance, understanding

altruism, charitableness, charity

generosity, greatheartedness, magnanimity, philanthropy, unselfishness
Near Antonyms of good-heartedness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
Antonyms of good-heartedness

barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness

2 the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune

  • thanks to the good-heartedness of its dedicated volunteers, the soup kitchen has never been understaffed
Synonyms of good-heartedness

bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, heart, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, softheartedness, sympathy, warmheartedness
Words Related to good-heartedness

feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity

affection, love, regard

affinity, empathy, rapport

altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy
Near Antonyms of good-heartedness

callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern

cruelty, harshness

animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostility
Antonyms of good-heartedness

coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

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