goodhearted

See also: good-hearted

English

Alternative forms

• good-hearted

Etymology

From Middle English gode herted; equivalent to good +‎ hearted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊd.hɑː.təd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡʊd.hɑɹ.təd/

Adjective

goodhearted (comparative more goodhearted, superlative most goodhearted)

1. kind, generous and altruistic
   • 1921, Anthony Wharton, chapter 3, in Joan of Overbarrow‎, pages 45–46:

     She saw that Velvin, if a stubborn man, was a very simple and very goodhearted one, and she prided herself on her skill in sweetly reasonable persuasion of the lower classes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate
• warm-hearted

Derived terms

• goodheartedly
• goodheartedness

Translations

kind, generous and altruistic

Bulgarian: добър (bg) (dobǎr), добродушен (bg) (dobrodušen) Chinese: Mandarin: 好心 (zh) (hǎoxīn) Czech: dobrosrdečný Danish: godhjertet Finnish: hyväsydäminen Greek: καλόκαρδος (el) (kalókardos) Hungarian: jószívű (hu) Khün: ᨧᩱᨯᩦ Lao: ໃຈດີ (chai dī) Lü: ᦺᦈᦡᦲ (ṫsayḋii) Northern Thai: ᨧᩱᨯᩦ Romanian: bun la inimă m, bună la inimă f Russian: добросерде́чный (ru) (dobroserdéčnyj) Shan: ၸႂ်လီ (shn) (tsǎue lǐi) Slovak: dobrosrdečný Swedish: godhjärtad (sv) Thai: ใจดี (th) (jai-dii) Ukrainian: добросе́рдий (dobrosérdyj)