Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by or acting with kindness or sympathy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having warmth of heart; having a disposition such as readily shows friendship, affection, or interest; proceeding from such a disposition; cordial; sincere; hearty: as, a warm-hearted man; warm-hearted support.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
amicable andfriendly - adjective
kind ,sympathetic andgenerous
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by warmth of feeling like kindness and sympathy and generosity
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Examples
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Before that indignity, though, Capra's warm-hearted fantasies and celebrations of American exceptionalism — including "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) — made him one of the most successful filmmakers in America.
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Marty (1955)- Approaching his middle years, lonely, overweight butcher Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine) lives with his mother and has given up on love, until one day he meets plain but warm-hearted schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair).
John Farr: For Valentine's Day, Ten Movies Sure To Inspire Romance John Farr 2011
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THE CHUCK WAGON: If you're looking for new network fare on the eve of Christmas Eve, NBC continues burning off the final season of Chuck (8/7c) with a new episode featuring comics legend Stan Lee, who once upon a time romanced the stone — by which we mean stone-faced but deep down warm-hearted General Beckman (Bonita Friedericy).
Critic's Guide to the Week in TV: Finales, Musical and Comedy Divas, and More! 2011
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The prodigiously gifted character actress Margo Martindale Million Dollar Baby heads up the clan as Mags Bennett, a marijuana queenpin who seamlessly slides between warm-hearted affection and cold-blooded murder.
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Marty (1955)- Approaching his middle years, lonely, overweight butcher Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine) lives with his mother and has given up on love, until one day he meets plain but warm-hearted schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair).
John Farr: For Valentine's Day, Ten Movies Sure To Inspire Romance John Farr 2011
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Nor is she unsmiling – as a former model and someone trained in the arts of televisual light entertainment, Daly is accustomed to deploying a warm-hearted grin at precisely the right moment.
Tess Daly: the interview Elizabeth Day 2010
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None, no matter how warm-hearted or resilient, escape its effects.
Sandy Tolan: It's the Occupation, Stupid Sandy Tolan 2011
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Some less realistic notes are struck when Karen is wooed by her warm-hearted co-worker Paco (Jimmy Smits).
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Claire's sense of being a stranger in the apparently welcoming Charlestown community is paralleled by a less warm-hearted outsider, the FBI special agent Frawley (Jon Hamm, most famous now as Don Draper, the pivotal figure in TV's Mad Men).
The Town Philip French 2010
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Marty (1955)- Approaching his middle years, lonely, overweight butcher Marty Pilletti (Ernest Borgnine) lives with his mother and has given up on love, until one day he meets plain but warm-hearted schoolteacher Clara (Betsy Blair).
John Farr: For Valentine's Day, Ten Movies Sure To Inspire Romance John Farr 2011
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