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softhearted

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Synonyms & Antonyms of softhearted

having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others

a softhearted person who never hesitates to help anyone in trouble

Synonyms for softhearted

beneficent,
benevolent,
benignant,
compassionate,
good-hearted,
humane,
kind,
kindhearted,
kindly,
sympathetic,
tender,
tenderhearted,
warmhearted

Words Related to softhearted

attentive,
considerate,
solicitous,
thoughtful

affable,
amicable,
benign,
companionable,
comradely,
cordial,
friendly,
genial,
gentle,
good,
good-natured,
good-tempered,
gracious,
mild,
neighborly,
nice,
pleasant,
sweet,
warm

clement,
forbearing,
forgiving,
lenient,
merciful,
soft

patient,
pitying,
tolerant,
understanding

altruistic,
brotherly,
charitable,
freehanded,
generous,
greathearted,
humanitarian,
liberal,
magnanimous,
munificent,
noble,
openhearted,
philanthropic
(also philanthropical),
selfless,
unselfish,
unsparing

anticruelty,
cruelty-free

Near Antonyms for softhearted

ironhearted,
merciless,
pitiless,
ruthless,
stonyhearted

inconsiderate,
insensitive,
thoughtless,
uncaring,
unthinking

grim,
hard-boiled,
harsh,
heavy-handed,
severe,
stern,
tough,
unsentimental

hateful,
malevolent,
malicious,
malign,
malignant,
mean,
nasty,
spiteful,
virulent

antihumanitarian,
uncharitable

Antonyms for softhearted

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

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“Softhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softhearted. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.

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