Synonyms and Antonyms of softheartedness
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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
bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, sympathy, warmheartedness
feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity
affection, love, regard
affinity, empathy, rapport
altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy
2
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others - Her softheartedness makes it hard for her to say "no" to charitable appeals.
beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, good-heartedness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness
attentiveness, considerateness, thoughtfulness
affability, friendliness, good-naturedness, good-temperedness, warmth
graciousness, niceness, pleasantness
clemency, leniency, mercifulness
patience, tolerance, understanding
altruism, charitableness, charity
generosity, greatheartedness, magnanimity, philanthropy, unselfishness
mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness
inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness
grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness
hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness
