as in compassionate
having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others
a good-hearted doctor who regularly sees poor patients for free
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Recent Examples of good-hearted
It feels directly dragged out of the 1980s and early 1990s, a time when Hollywood was devoted to turning out swarms of action flicks in which some flawed and downtrodden but good-hearted hero thwarts a devious conspiracy or an impending alien invasion or whatever.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Join 4 others in the comments View Comments At the other end of the mid-century spectrum is Donna, the town doctor’s good-hearted daughter, cut from the finest girl-next-door cloth.
—Ananda Pellerin, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
But the real-life equivalents of Tommy Norris and Monty Miller did not get into the fracking business out of a good-hearted desire to make sure the world has energy.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Brett and Debby somehow figured out how to cast good-hearted individuals as well as good actors.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Join 4 others in the comments View Comments At the other end of the mid-century spectrum is Donna, the town doctor’s good-hearted daughter, cut from the finest girl-next-door cloth.
—Ananda Pellerin, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
But the real-life equivalents of Tommy Norris and Monty Miller did not get into the fracking business out of a good-hearted desire to make sure the world has energy.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Brett and Debby somehow figured out how to cast good-hearted individuals as well as good actors.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for good-hearted
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Also there is having to balance being compassionate and caring while also remembering that this is a business.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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But White and Jonas haven’t built an anxious or a particularly compassionate Jamie.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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But land reform is so fundamental to how the current government took power that no citizen may portray it as anything other than a benevolent campaign that brought fairness and prosperity to China’s long-suffering farmers.—
Ian Johnson,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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Analyzing the legendary unicorn tapestries hanging at the Met Cloisters in New York (augmented here by a gory new panel that depicts the suddenly fearsome animals disemboweling and impaling their aggressors), Ridley concludes that unicorns aren’t nearly as benevolent as most people think.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2025
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The long gap between seasons has not been kind to the show, which returned way down in the ratings this past fall.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Holly Marie Combs has nothing but kind words for the young Pretty Little Liars cast — and a couple of digs at her twentysomething self.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Shares in Newsmax, the cable TV news outlet known for its sympathetic coverage of Donald Trump, soared more than 700% on their first day of trading.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2025
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Since June, a group of American and Israeli-born Jews have been meeting every few weeks in New York for a salon-style series of talks that include the perspectives of Palestinians, and of Jews sympathetic to their cause.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2025
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No new technology can replace what a thoughtful culture audit can reveal.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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These quotes are all from the thoughtful, candid, curious mommy makeover patients that Allure recently spoke to for our story 17 People Get Real About their Mommy Makeovers.—
Meirav Devash,
Allure,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Good-hearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good-hearted. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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