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# softhearted

«softhearted» in Mova's school dictionary: **kind, gentle and easily feels sorry for others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (softhearted, more softhearted, most softhearted)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A softhearted person is kind, gentle and easily feels sorry for others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#m1)

2) Sometimes it means too kind, so that the person is easy to persuade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a softhearted character helps the weak, forgives easily or cannot say no. It is usually praise, but «too softhearted» can mean someone is easily tricked. The opposite is «hard-hearted».

### examples

- Grandma is so softhearted that she feeds every stray cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x1)
- The softhearted giant let the children go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x2)
- Don't be softhearted — he's only pretending to cry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x3)
- Mole was softhearted and could not bear to see anyone sad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x4)
- The softhearted judge gave him a second chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x5)
- She was too softhearted to win the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/#x6)

### note

Also written «soft-hearted». Opposite: «hard-hearted». Noun: «softheartedness». It is not about the real heart in your body.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «softhearted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/softhearted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.