Definition of "softhearted" []

• Easily moved; tender. (adjective)

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• "First Impression: Kathy is described as a softhearted and motherly woman who likes to please."
• "This particular saleslady scored big off a certain softhearted photographer of my acquaintance."
• "And one of the leading newspapers here, the "Financial Times," which is not known as a softhearted liberal rag has said that this torture has really undermined America's moral authority abroad."