openhearted
adjective
open·heart·ed
ˌō-pən-ˈhär-təd 
1
: candidly straightforward : frank
2
: responsive to emotional appeal
openheartedly
adverb
openheartedness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of openhearted in a Sentence
many therapists believe that it is better to be openhearted than to repress one's feelings, however hostile they may be
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Meanwhile, her family is grieving, said Raymond Isaacs, who described his sister as loving and openhearted.
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Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
That was the second to final Against Me! album (for now), but Grace has remained an incredibly active, invigorating and openhearted songwriter, branching out into folk and other styles across a couple of solo albums (which included a song inspired by the Rave's empty swimming pool).
—Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
In conversation, Song comes across as an openhearted philosopher, happy to talk matters of the heart and the mind and grateful to have come out of the filmmaking gate with such a surge.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Her willingness to forgive and go with the flow might be insightful and openhearted or simply naïve.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Hendricks was openhearted and charismatic, family members said.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
As the leader of Reyna Tropical, the guitarist-singer-songwriter-producer brings that same openhearted approach to the music of the tropical diaspora.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
Jenny Lewis has been playing Boston for over two decades in one configuration or another, whether as frontwoman of indie-pop wunderkinds Rilo Kiley, as an auxiliary member of electronic note-passers the Postal Service, in duet mode with Jenny and Johnny, or as a probing and openhearted solo star.
—Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
Evert could not help but be disarmed by this openhearted, unconstrained young woman who seemed hungry to experience . . .
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
That was the second to final Against Me! album (for now), but Grace has remained an incredibly active, invigorating and openhearted songwriter, branching out into folk and other styles across a couple of solo albums (which included a song inspired by the Rave's empty swimming pool).
—Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
In conversation, Song comes across as an openhearted philosopher, happy to talk matters of the heart and the mind and grateful to have come out of the filmmaking gate with such a surge.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Her willingness to forgive and go with the flow might be insightful and openhearted or simply naïve.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
Hendricks was openhearted and charismatic, family members said.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
As the leader of Reyna Tropical, the guitarist-singer-songwriter-producer brings that same openhearted approach to the music of the tropical diaspora.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
Jenny Lewis has been playing Boston for over two decades in one configuration or another, whether as frontwoman of indie-pop wunderkinds Rilo Kiley, as an auxiliary member of electronic note-passers the Postal Service, in duet mode with Jenny and Johnny, or as a probing and openhearted solo star.
—Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
Evert could not help but be disarmed by this openhearted, unconstrained young woman who seemed hungry to experience . . .
—Sally Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 3 July 2023
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openhearted
adjective
open·heart·ed
ˌō-pən-ˈhärt-əd
1
: frank
2
openheartedly
adverb
openheartedness
noun
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