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Recent Examples of softhearted Ben Lewis Doherty, playing a boy named Sam whose life is upended by Robbie, is the show’s greatest innocent, a softhearted moppet who warns deer to be careful when crossing the street. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025 Becker shows that proponents of Brexit talked surprisingly little about the past and tried, in fact, to hang nostalgia’s toxic millstone around the necks of Remainers, accusing them of a softhearted attachment to the now sclerotic dream of European unity. Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023 The struggle to save the farm deepens the partnership between Craig, softhearted but realistic, and Jillian, the persistent Jiminy Cricket on his shoulder. James Poniewozik, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023 Ford received a standing ovation last spring at the Cannes Film Festival, and his gruff but softhearted demeanor works. Dan Lybarger, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023 How to adopt: Interested adopters can meet softhearted Summer at the Arizona Humane Society’s South Mountain location. The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for softhearted
Adjective
  • Talk through what’s bothering you to gain a compassionate perspective.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Del Toro, on the other hand, portrays the Creature as a far more empathetic and compassionate figure.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The short war in Cuba gained the United States the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico; turned the nation into a Pacific power; and created beliefs that America was a stern yet benevolent country tasked by Destiny to enforce peace and bring prosperity to the world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Since that time, says Paine, even those fortunate enough to live under benevolent rule have seldom been more than one generation away from yet another dreadful monarch.
    Matthew Redmond, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • After almost getting run over by two cars in heavy rain, a tiny black kitten was saved by a kind stranger who stopped to help him and ended up taking him home.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • During high school, Morgan dates Chris (Scott Eastwood), who is magnetic but inconsiderate, and her sister dates Chris’s best friend, Jonah (Dave Franco), who is shy and kind.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Also, what a great thing to get to be a sweet, sympathetic character at the end who also can’t forgive himself.
    Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This monster is the precursor to slasher villains like Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, who lumber along on their killing sprees, though this blueprint is far more sympathetic.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some trappers focus on humane, live-capture and relocation for nuisance animals, while others are licensed hunters who can legally trap and kill animals during hunting seasons.
    Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Farms are required to follow humane treatment and euthanasia standards for the animals, Hobbs said.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Softhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softhearted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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