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
Adjective
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Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, have reunited amid the royal family's estrangement from the outspoken prince.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Liu has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Simmons is a shell of his former self as a playmaker and was never able to develop a jump shot to at least keep defenses honest.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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And being honest about that helped build long-term trust.—
Greg Peters,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Titled Forever Our Girlfriend, the celebration takes place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles, where Akil will sit down for a candid conversation with Hollywood Confidential founder Steve Jones.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
13 Sep. 2025
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Below, Cosgrove gets candid about growing up in the industry, why getting cast in The Wrong Paris felt like a dream, her favorite scene in the rom-com, whether an iCarly movie is really happening and more.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To be frank, that was unexpected.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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The son of LeBron James, Bronny has heard the nepotism criticisms ever since getting a shot at the NBA, and to be quite frank, some of that has some validity to it.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Openhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openhearted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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