as in outspoken
free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions
many therapists believe that it is better to be openhearted than to repress one's feelings, however hostile they may be
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Recent Examples of openhearted
For May 1966’s expansive Pet Sounds, Wilson and lyricist Tony Asher created a song cycle documenting a passage from youthful innocence to mournful adulthood that the composer contrasted with delicately sophisticated yet openhearted orchestrations.
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Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
While many world leaders have moved to shut their doors to migrants and abandon the care of the poor, Pope Francis stood for openhearted acceptance, a position that resonated with churchgoers as well as some of those who had never gone to Mass.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 7 May 2025
Yet for all its shortcomings, Megalopolis is unabashedly openhearted, delivering an earnest plea to envision a better future.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Keep It Like a Secret (1999) Built To Spill’s fourth album fuses together the dreamy, openhearted songwriting of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love with the exacting studio graft and inspired guitar architecture of Perfect From Now On.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Sep. 2024
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Barry Walters, Billboard, 11 June 2025
While many world leaders have moved to shut their doors to migrants and abandon the care of the poor, Pope Francis stood for openhearted acceptance, a position that resonated with churchgoers as well as some of those who had never gone to Mass.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 7 May 2025
Yet for all its shortcomings, Megalopolis is unabashedly openhearted, delivering an earnest plea to envision a better future.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2024
Keep It Like a Secret (1999) Built To Spill’s fourth album fuses together the dreamy, openhearted songwriting of There’s Nothing Wrong With Love with the exacting studio graft and inspired guitar architecture of Perfect From Now On.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for openhearted
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Dynevor, meanwhile, finds texture in a villainous role that rightly reminds us how petty personal grievances (on campus, no less) may well be the driving force behind the most outspoken political provocateurs.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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Airbnb’s cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky is one the most outspoken leaders in the business world waving the red flag on loneliness.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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His memoir is a patchy affair, to be honest, which omits entire swaths of his achievement, yet its wayward momentum exerts a certain charm, as if Hopkins were only just in control of his reminiscences.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Walks that resulted in us having the deepest, most honest and even the funniest conversations of our lives together.—
Louis Casiano , Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Read on for the candid confessions and cautionary tales that might save you from making the same mistakes.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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Another commenter, while sympathetic, offered a more candid take.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Over the past year, CEO Andy Jassy has been frank about Amazon’s transformation.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sources who witnessed this, speaking anonymously to protect their position like others consulted for this article, say there was a frank exchange between players, with particular criticism aimed at junior members of the squad over their attitude and application in the build-up.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Openhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openhearted. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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