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^[1], 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

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)