Synonyms of softheartedness

softheartedness

noun

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• sympathy
• heart
• compassion
• feeling
• pity
• mercy
• bigheartedness
• humanity
• feelings
• largeheartedness
• generosity
• ruth
• sensitivity
• commiseration
• responsiveness
• charity
• warmheartedness
• good-heartedness
• kindliness
• kindheartedness
• love
• regard
• affection
• sensibility
• empathy
• rapport
• affinity
• humaneness
• humanism
• philanthropy
• humanitarianism
• altruism
• goodwill
• benignancy
• benevolence
• benignity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifference
• inhumanity
• coldness
• cruelty
• coldheartedness
• disinterest
• inhumanness
• pitilessness
• unconcern
• callousness
• hatred
• mercilessness
• hostility
• hard-heartedness
• harshness
• animosity
• dislike
• antipathy

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kindness
• tenderness
• humaneness
• benignancy
• compassionateness
• tenderheartedness
• attentiveness
• warmth
• generosity
• beneficence
• benevolence
• warmheartedness
• benignity
• kindheartedness
• good-heartedness
• kindliness
• thoughtfulness
• patience
• mercifulness
• friendliness
• considerateness
• good-temperedness
• tolerance
• understanding
• leniency
• pleasantness
• clemency
• affability
• graciousness
• altruism
• charitableness
• greatheartedness
• philanthropy
• good-naturedness
• niceness
• unselfishness
• magnanimity
• charity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cruelty
• brutality
• savagery
• inhumanity
• barbarity
• heartlessness
• callousness
• brutishness
• unkindness
• bestiality
• ruthlessness
• savageness
• barbarousness
• unkindliness
• unfeelingness
• mercilessness
• severity
• toughness
• pitilessness
• cold-bloodedness
• inconsiderateness
• thoughtlessness
• insensitivity
• hard-heartedness
• harshness
• sternness
• virulence
• grimness
• malevolence
• maliciousness
• vitriol
• spitefulness
• meanness
• hatefulness