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KIND-HEARTED

Definition: KIND-HEARTED

KIND-HEARTED

Adjective

1. Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "KIND-HEARTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1609. (references)


Synonyms within Context: KIND-HEARTED

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Benevolence

Warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, large-hearted, broad-hearted; merciful; charitable, beneficent, humane, benignant; bounteous, bountiful.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: KIND-HEARTED

English words defined with "KIND-HEARTED": Kind-heartedness. (references)
Specialty definitions using "KIND-HEARTED": BalwhidderJarndyce, JarvieMan of Feeling. (references)

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Modern Usage: KIND-HEARTED

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

A Kind-Hearted Bootblack (1907)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: KIND-HEARTED

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Columbia's noble soldier boys--as kind-hearted as brave--American giving water to wounded Japanese after Battle of Tientsin, China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: KIND-HEARTED

"KIND-HEARTED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "KIND-HEARTED" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%2668,323

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: KIND-HEARTED

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "KIND-HEARTED": over-kind-hearted.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: KIND-HEARTED

Language Translations for "KIND-HEARTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

, (place name), 善良 (good and honest). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hyväsydäminen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλόκαρδος (good-humoured). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sangat baik. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

仁慈 (benevolence). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じ"じ (benevolence, human affairs, personnel affairs). (various references)

   

Manx

  

meiygh-chreeagh (soft-hearted), dooie-chreeagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ind-heartedkay

   

Russian 

  

мягкосердечный (kindhearted, softhearted, soft-hearted, tenderhearted, tender-hearted, weakhearted), добрый (beneficent, big-hearted, genial, gentle, good, good hearted, good natured, gracious, kind, kindhearted, kindly, open-hearted, tenderhearted, tender-hearted, warm-hearted). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bondadoso (benignant, kind, kind hearted, kindly, soft-hearted, warmhearted). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

godhjärtad (good-hearted, kind, kind hearted, kindly). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ใจบุญ (magnanimous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tốt bụng (good-hearted, good-natured), có lòng tốt. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: KIND-HEARTED

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

benevolentia. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: KIND-HEARTED

LanguageDateSourceLamentations Chapter 4, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintCeireV gunaikwn oiktirmonwn hyhsan ta paidia autwn egenhqhsan eiV brwsin autaiV en tw suntrimmati thV qugatroV laou mou
Latin405VulgateIOTH manus mulierum misericordium coxerunt filios suos facti sunt cibus earum in contritione filiae populi mei
Middle English1395WyclifJoth. The hondus of merciful wymmen setheden ther sonus; mad thei ben the metus of hem in the contricioun of the doyter of my puple.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThe hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Victorian English1833WebsterThe hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Basic English1964OgdenThe hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: KIND-HEARTED

LanguageLamentations Chapter 4, Verse 10
CebuanoAng mga kamot sa makalolooy nga mga babaye nanaglata sa kaugalingon nilang mga anak: Sila nahimo nga ilang kalan-on sa pagkalaglag sa anak nga babaye sa akong katawohan.
CroatianŽene, tako nježne, kuhaše djecu svoju, njima se hraniše za propasti Kæeri naroda moga.
DanishBlide kvinders Hænder kogte deres Børn; da mit Folks Datter brød sammen, blev de dem til Føde.
DutchJod. De handen der barmhartige vrouwen hebben haar kinderen gekookt; zij zijn haar tot spijze geworden in de verbreking der dochter mijns volks.
FinnishArmeliaat vaimot keittivät omin käsin lapsiansa: ne tulivat heille ruuaksi tyttären, minun kansani, sortuessa.
FrenchLes femmes, malgré leur tendresse, Font cuire leurs enfants; Ils leur servent de nourriture, Au milieu du désastre de la fille de mon peuple.
GermanEs haben die barmherzigsten Weiber ihre Kinder selbst müssen kochen, daß sie zu essen hätten im Jammer der Tochter meines Volks.
Haitian CreoleManman ki te renmen pitit yo anpil, koulye a, yo kwit yo pou yo manje. Lè malè a tonbe sou pèp mwen an, se sa yo fè pou yo pa mouri grangou.
HungarianIrgalmas anyák kezei megfõzték gyermekeiket, hogy azok eledeleik legyenek az én népem leányának romlásakor.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSangat dahsyat bencana itu yang menimpa umatku sehingga ibu-ibu yang berhati lembut merebus anak sendiri untuk pengisi perut.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTangan perempuan yang memang sayang perangainya, itu sudah merebus anaknya, dikenyangkannya dirinya dengan dagingnya pada masa kepecahan puteri bangsa-Ku.
ItalianMani di donne, gia inclini a piet , hanno cotto i loro bambini, che sono serviti loro di cibo nel disastro della figlia del mio popolo.
MaoriKo nga wahine, ko te hunga aroha, kei te kohua i a ratou tamariki ki o ratou ringa: he kai era ma ratou i te wawahanga o te tamahine a toku iwi.
NorwegianØmhjertede kvinner kokte selv sine egne barn, de tjente dem til føde da mitt folks datter gikk under.
RumanianFemeile, cu toatq mila lor, kwi fierb copiii, cari le slujesc ca hranq, kn mijlocul prqpqdului fiicei poporului meu.
RussianтХЛЙ НСЗЛПУЕТ"ЩИ ЦЕОЭЙО ЧБТЙМЙ "ЕФЕК УЧПЙИ, ЮФП'Щ ПОЙ 'ЩМЙ "МС ОЙИ ЙЭЕА ЧП ЧТЕНС ЗЙ'ЕМЙ "ЭЕТЙ ОБТП"Б НПЕЗП.
SpanishLas manos de las mujeres compasivas cocinaron a sus propios hijos. Ellos les sirvieron de comida en medio del quebranto de la hija de mi pueblo.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: KIND-HEARTED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kindhearted.

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-i-k-n-r-t"

-2 letters: detrained, herniated, inearthed.

-3 letters: adherend, adherent, ankerite, antherid, daikered, dakerhen, darkened, dendrite, detained, detainer, dithered, hankered, hardened, harkened, herniate, hindered, neatherd, retained, threaded, tinkered.

-4 letters: adhered, airthed, antired, arenite, dandier, deaired, derated, detrain, diehard, diether, drained, earthed, earthen, endited, hairnet, handier, headier, hearken, hearted, hearten, hektare, herniae, ideated, inearth, inhered, keratin, kernite, kindred.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-h-i-k-n-r-t"
 

+2 letters: kindheartedly.

 

+4 letters: kindheartedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: KIND-HEARTED


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 49 4E 44 2D 48 45 41 52 54 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01001001 01001110 01000100 00101101 01001000 01000101 01000001 01010010 01010100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#73 &#78 &#68 &#45 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0049 004E 0044 002D 0048 0045 0041 0052 0054 0045 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

454348381542393552543938

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Bible Trace
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish;
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