Meaning & use
warm-hearted person
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Meaning
nouncountableapproving
Someone who is kind, friendly, and shows genuine care for other people.
Grammar: Countable: 'a warm-hearted person', 'two warm-hearted people'. The plural of 'person' is usually 'people'.
Patterns
- a warm-hearted person
- be a warm-hearted person
- seem like a warm-hearted person
My grandmother was a warm-hearted person who always welcomed strangers into her home.
He may seem quiet, but he's a warm-hearted person once you get to know him.
The teacher was known as a warm-hearted person who remembered every student's birthday.
Word forms
| plural | warm-hearted people |
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Common combinations
- a truly warm-hearted person
- She is a truly warm-hearted person who helps anyone in trouble.
- a warm-hearted welcome
- The villagers gave us a warm-hearted welcome.
- warm-hearted and generous
- He is warm-hearted and generous with his time.
- come across as warm-hearted
- She comes across as warm-hearted in every interview.
Synonyms and how they differ
- kind-hearted
- Kind-hearted emphasizes doing good deeds, while warm-hearted focuses more on friendly, affectionate feelings.
- caring
- Caring stresses looking after others' needs; warm-hearted also suggests a cheerful, welcoming manner.
- compassionate
- Compassionate is more formal and often used about sympathy for people who are suffering.
- good-natured
- Good-natured means easy-going and pleasant, not necessarily deeply caring about others.
Opposites
Word family
- warm-hearted adjective
- The adjective form: 'a warm-hearted gesture'.
- warm-heartedly adverb
- In a kind and friendly way: 'She greeted us warm-heartedly.'
- warm-heartedness noun
- The quality of being kind and friendly: 'Her warm-heartedness made everyone feel at home.'
Commonly confused: warm-hearted person or warmhearted?
warm-hearted person vs warmhearted
This is the same word written without a hyphen; both spellings are accepted, but the hyphenated form is more common in British English.
Practice
She is such a ________ person that everyone feels comfortable around her.
Choose one answer.
The adjective 'warm-hearted' correctly describes a kind person. 'Warm-heart' is not a word, 'warmly-hearted' is not standard, and 'warm-heartedness' is a noun, which cannot modify 'person'.
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