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softheartedness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of softheartedness

1 the capacity for feeling for anotherʼs unhappiness or misfortune

  • the kind of softheartedness that makes him an easy target for anyone with a tale of woe
Synonyms of softheartedness

bigheartedness, charity, commiseration, compassion, feeling, good-heartedness, heart, humanity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, largeheartedness, mercy, pity, ruth, sympathy, warmheartedness
Words Related to softheartedness

feelings, responsiveness, sensibility, sensitivity

affection, love, regard

affinity, empathy, rapport

altruism, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, generosity, goodwill, humaneness, humanism, humanitarianism, philanthropy
Near Antonyms of softheartedness

callousness, coldness, disinterest, indifference, unconcern

cruelty, harshness

animosity, antipathy, dislike, hatred, hostility
Antonyms of softheartedness

coldheartedness, hard-heartedness, inhumanity, inhumanness, mercilessness, pitilessness

2 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 of softheartedness

beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, compassionateness, good-heartedness, humaneness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, tenderheartedness, tenderness, warmheartedness
Words Related to softheartedness

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
Near Antonyms of softheartedness

mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness

inconsiderateness, insensitivity, thoughtlessness

grimness, harshness, severity, sternness, toughness

hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, meanness, spitefulness, virulence, vitriol
Antonyms of softheartedness

barbarity, barbarousness, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, callousness, cold-bloodedness, cruelty, hard-heartedness, heartlessness, inhumanity, savageness, savagery, unfeelingness, unkindliness, unkindness

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