warm-hearted
Definition
- Adjective:
- Kind and sympathetic: "warm-hearted" describes someone who is friendly, compassionate, and genuinely concerned about the well-being of others.
Usage Examples
- (She is kind and sympathetic.)
- (The community showed kindness and compassion.)
- (His friendly and caring personality made him popular.)
Advanced Usage
"warm-hearted gesture": an action that demonstrates kindness and goodwill.
- Her warm-hearted gesture of bringing soup to the sick neighbor was appreciated. (The act of kindness was thoughtful.)
"warm-hearted welcome": a reception that is friendly and hospitable.
- The family gave the visitors a warm-hearted welcome. (They were greeted with genuine friendliness.)
Variants and Related Words
Warm-heartedness (noun): the quality of being kind and sympathetic.
- Her warm-heartedness shone through in her volunteer work. (Her kindness was evident.)
Warm-hearted (adjective): (no variant form; the hyphenated compound is standard.)
Synonyms
- Kind: having a friendly, generous, and considerate nature.
- Compassionate: feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others.
- Benevolent: well-meaning and kindly.
- Tender-hearted: easily moved to sympathy or pity.
Antonyms
- Cold-hearted: lacking sympathy or feeling; unkind.
- Hard-hearted: unfeeling; lacking compassion.
Related Idioms
"Have a heart of gold": to be extremely kind and generous.
- He has a heart of gold; he is truly warm-hearted. (He is very kind.)
"Wear one's heart on one's sleeve": to openly show one's emotions, especially kindness.
- She wears her heart on her sleeve, always being warm-hearted. (She openly displays her caring nature.)