Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

open-hearted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: open--heart-ed
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Frank and candidly straightforward

adj

Generous and kind

adj

Emotionally receptive

Example Sentences

"I myself consider the interviews to be of good quality, most of them even very extensive and openhearted. Openhearted, yes, but not on everything. It is a positivist naivete to take what people say as simple truth."
"Sally was generous and open-hearted to the point of foolishness, but that was her experience."
"Whether or not you feel that open-hearted love toward your newborn from the very beginning, one of the best ways to cultivate it and further deepen it is simply by paying attention."
"Mindfulness is a practice that enables us to be in an open-hearted relationship with the present moment, recognizing that the world with which we are entangled is always uncertain and changing."

Etymology

From open + hearted.

Inflected Forms

more open-hearted (comparative) most open-hearted (superlative) openhearted (alternative)

Phrases

open-heartedly open-heartedness

Questions

What does open-hearted mean?: Frank and candidly straightforward
Where does open-hearted come from?: From open + hearted.

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