softhearted

1. 1.

   easily moved to pity or sorrow

   “a softhearted judge”

   Synonymssoft-boiled

   Antonymshardhearted

Questions about softhearted

What does softhearted mean?

softhearted means "easily moved to pity or sorrow".

How many syllables are in softhearted?

softhearted has 4 syllables and divides as sof-the-ar-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for softhearted?

Close synonyms include soft-boiled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.