SOFT-HEARTED

Definition: SOFT-HEARTED

SOFT-HEARTED

Adjective

1. Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "SOFT-HEARTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)

"SOFT-HEARTED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SOFT-HEARTED" is used about 21 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 Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	21	76,261

Language		Translations for "SOFT-HEARTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpirtmirë (debonair, gracious, humane, kindhearted, tender-hearted), zemërbutë (benignant, forgiving, mild). (various references)

Arabic		‏حنون (affectionate, compassionate, feeling, fond, kind, merciful, motherly, pitying, soulful, tender, tender-hearted, whole-hearted), ‏رقيق القلب, ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, quiet, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏رحوم, ‏شفوق (compassionate, kind, kind hearted, pitying, sympathetic, tender-hearted). (various references)

Bulgarian		отзивчив (approachable, co operative, forward, helpful, outgoing, respondent, responsive, sympathetic, understanding, warmhearted), мекосърдечен (openhearted). (various references)

Czech		dobrosrdeèný (caring, good hearted, kind hearted, kindhearted, kindly, softhearted, tenderhearted). (various references)

French		au c�"ur tendre, au c�"ur compatissant. (various references)

German		weichherzig (mildhearted, soft hearted, softhearted, tenderhearted, tender-hearted), weich (crumby, limp, malleable, mellow, pillowy, smooth, smoothly, soft, soft boiled, softly, spongy, springy, squashy, tender). (various references)

Greek		συμπονετικόσ (charitable, pitiful, sympathetic). (various references)

Hungarian		lágyszívû (tender-hearted), érzõ szívû. (various references)

Italian		dal cuore tenero. (various references)

Manx		meiygh-chreeagh (kind-hearted), bog (callow, callow of youth, easy, flabby, limp, loose, loose of cough, moist, pulpy, slack, soft, tender). (various references)

Pig Latin		oft-heartedsay

Portuguese		generoso (big heart, boon, bounteous, chivalrous, enlarged, flush, generous, large, large-handed, large-hearted, large-minded, lavish, magnanimous, open-handed, selfless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, warm-hearted, whole-souled), de coração sensível (tender-hearted). (various references)

Romanian		tandru (affectionate, amorous, dearly, fond, fondly, gentle, gently, loving, soft, tender, tenderly), milos (charitable, compassionate, kind hearted, pitiful), bun (affectionate, applicable, belongings, beneficial, benevolent, bonny, bright, canny, capital, clever, decent, domain, eminent, fair, favorable, favourable, fine, fit, fitting, fond, fortunate, fortune, genuine, good, goods, grand, grandfather, grandparent, happy, honest, humane, kind, kindly, nice, okay, pleasurable, proper, real, right, salutary, skilful, skillful, splendid, suitable, true, upright, useful, virtuous, well, wholesome), îngânditor. (various references)

Russian		мягкосердечный (kindhearted, kind-hearted, softhearted, tenderhearted, tender-hearted, weakhearted). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mekog srca, meka srca (tenderhearted). (various references)

Spanish		compasivo (ardent, compassionate, interested, merciful, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, understanding), bondadoso (benignant, kind, kind hearted, kind-hearted, kindly, warmhearted). (various references)

Swedish		ömsint (tender, tender-hearted). (various references)

Thai		มีเมตตา. (various references)

Ukrainian		чулий (affectional), м'якосердий (tenderhearted, weak-hearted). (various references)

Vietnamese		dễ thương cảm (soft), đa cảm; từ tâm. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "SOFT-HEARTED" (pronounced 'Soft"-heart`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: softhearted.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-h-o-r-s-t-t"
	-1 letter: foretasted.
	-2 letters: foredates, foreheads, foretaste, shattered.
	-3 letters: deforest, draftees, earthset, farthest, fathered, feathers, foredate, forehead, forested, fostered, headrest, restated, retasted, rheostat, softhead, sorehead, tetrodes, theaters, theatres, threated, throated.
	-4 letters: adheres, aethers, afreets, daftest, deafest, dearest, dearths, defeats, defrost, deftest, dehorts, derates, dotters, draftee, earshot, earthed, estated, estreat, fathers, feasted, feaster, featest, feather, fedoras, fetters.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-h-o-r-s-t-t"
	+2 letters: softheartedly.
	+4 letters: softheartedness.
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