OPENHEARTED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

openhearted

adjective

ˌō-pən-ˈhär-təd

as in outspoken

free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions 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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Recent Examples of openhearted 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 See all Example Sentences for openhearted

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And university leaders fearing government investigations, funding cuts, or punitive endowment taxes crack down on campus protest, remove or demote outspoken professors, and remain silent in the face of growing authoritarianism.

— STEVEN LEVITSKY, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2025
But the president's new FTC chair, Andrew Ferguson, is an outspoken Big Tech critic on X and is signaling the panel won't be stacked with pro-industry quislings.

— Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025