1
as in kindness
the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune
the kind of softheartedness that makes him an easy target for anyone with a tale of woe
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as in tenderness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others
the widow's naive softheartedness makes it hard for her to say "no" to charitable appeals
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for softheartedness
Noun
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For months afterward, kindness arrived in unexpected forms — neighbors bringing food, strangers offering furniture, friends calling daily.—
Jonathan Taplin,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Does their lack of kindness grant you permission to respond with equal insensitivity or even cruelty?—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But anyone willing to consider the thicket of fears, affections and recriminations that grows through the cracks of a long relationship will find in these pages an almost unbearable tenderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Let tenderness lead, and safety should grow organically.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Lilleaas shares her character’s sympathy for the inability of different generations to connect.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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No sympathy for Maduro Maduro, the ruthless dictator arrested with his wife and flown to New York for trial, deserves no sympathy.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Kipling City Pack Backpack Pocket space is at the very heart of this backpack’s design, which has over five different compartments on the interior and exterior.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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What the museum dream team did not see was the pain in our hearts about this jail.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Similarly, unhoused patients are either sources of spectacle (the first season’s man with rats nesting in his clothing) or figures whose primary function is to showcase the nurses’ compassion.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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With the perfect blend of dark humor and compassion for her characters, Schumacher writes of the absurdity of the human experience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Softheartedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softheartedness. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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