Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
softhearted ;sentimental tenderness .
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- noun a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
Etymologies
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Examples
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A hardheadedness, but also a high-mindedness and softheartedness, seems to be at work.
Gen Next and the Culture Wars William Harryman 2007
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Mumbling self-deprecations to his softheartedness, Dredd motioned for Gregory to follow him into the store.
Fat Tuesday Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1997
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Tamoszius made good wages; and little by little the family were paying back their debt to Marija, so she ought soon to have enough to start life upon -- only, with her preposterous softheartedness, she would insist upon spending a good part of her money every week for things which she saw they needed.
The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923
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Tamoszius made good wages; and little by little the family were paying back their debt to Marija, so she ought soon to have enough to start life upon -- only, with her preposterous softheartedness, she would insist upon spending a good part of her money every week for things which she saw they needed.
The Jungle 1906
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Aulis, to give him his daughter as a sacrifice; but he did not give her, but by his softheartedness ruined the expedition, which ingloriously failed.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839
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As the agency that turns off the water if customers don't pay the bills, the Altoona City Authority doesn't enjoy a reputation for softheartedness.
The Altoona Mirror 2009
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As the agency that turns off the water if customers don't pay the bills, the Altoona City Authority doesn't enjoy a reputation for softheartedness.
The Altoona Mirror 2009
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The chief dissenting voice among them was Britain’s Douglas Haig, but not out of any softheartedness: he just thought the Allied military situation was a bit less ideal than his colleagues did, and so did not want the terms so harsh that the Germans might refuse them.
How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010
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a thief, with his "Gotts in Himmel" and his "Fräuleins" -- how Jean would laugh at her for her softheartedness!
The Tin Soldier Temple Bailey
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"These admonitions were followed by a dire curse on any one who was turned from his purpose by hope of life or by softheartedness.
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Anagram: often sheds tears
January 13, 2010