Softheartedness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɔfthɑːɹɾᵻdnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɒfthɑːtɪdnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɒfthɑːtɪdnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /sˈɔfthɑːɹɾᵻdnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tenderness

Word Forms

softhearted	adjective	easily moved to pity or sorrow
tender	adjective	given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Weichheit

ein Gefühl der Sorge um das Wohlergehen einer Person (insbesondere einer wehrlosen Person)

🇫🇷French

douceur de cœur

un sentiment d'inquiétude pour le bien-être de quelqu'un (surtout quelqu'un sans défense)

🇪🇸Spanish

ternura

un sentimiento de preocupación por el bienestar de alguien (especialmente alguien indefenso)

🇮🇹Italian

tenerezza

un sentimento di preoccupazione per il benessere di qualcuno (specialmente qualcuno indifeso)

🇳🇱Dutch

zachtmoedigheid

een gevoel van bezorgdheid over het welzijn van iemand (vooral iemand die weerloos is)

🇵🇹Portuguese

gentileza

um sentimento de preocupação com o bem-estar de alguém (especialmente alguém indefeso)

🇷🇺Russian

мягкосердечие

чувство беспокойства о благополучии кого-либо (особенно человека, беззащитного)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कोमलता

किसी के कल्याण के लिए चिंता की भावना (विशेषकर किसी असहाय व्यक्ति के लिए)

🇧🇩Bengali

কোমল হৃদয়

কারো কল্যাণের জন্য উদ্বেগের অনুভূতি (বিশেষ করে কেউ অরক্ষিত)

🇮🇳Tamil

மென்மையான உள்ளம்

ஒருவரின் நலனில் அக்கறை கொண்ட உணர்வு (குறிப்பாக பாதுகாப்பற்ற ஒருவர்)

🇮🇳Telugu

మృదుహృదయం

ఒకరి (ముఖ్యంగా రక్షణ లేని వ్యక్తి) క్షేమం పట్ల ఆందోళన కలిగించే భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

हळुवारपणा

एखाद्याच्या कल्याणासाठी काळजीची भावना (विशेषत: कोणीतरी निराधार)

🇮🇳Gujarati

નમ્રતા

કોઈના કલ્યાણ માટે ચિંતાની લાગણી (ખાસ કરીને કોઈ અસુરક્ષિત)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೃದುಹೃದಯ

ಯಾರೊಬ್ಬರ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಕಾಳಜಿಯ ಭಾವನೆ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯಿಲ್ಲದವರು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൃദുഹൃദയം

ഒരാളുടെ (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പ്രതിരോധമില്ലാത്ത ഒരാളുടെ) ക്ഷേമത്തിനായുള്ള ഉത്കണ്ഠയുടെ വികാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੋਮਲਤਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਭਲਾਈ ਲਈ ਚਿੰਤਾ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਕੋਈ ਬਚਾਅ ਰਹਿਤ)

🇵🇰Urdu

نرمی

کسی کی بہبود کے لئے تشویش کا احساس (خاص طور پر کوئی بے دفاع)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

心软

对某人（尤其是无助的人）福祉的关心

🇯🇵Japanese

優しさ

誰か（特に無防備な人）の福祉に対する懸念の感情

🇰🇷Korean

부드러움

누군가의 복지에 대한 걱정(특히 무방비 상태의 사람)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự mềm lòng

cảm giác quan tâm đến phúc lợi của ai đó (đặc biệt là người không có khả năng tự vệ)

🇹🇭Thai

ความอ่อนโยน

ความรู้สึกห่วงใยสวัสดิภาพของใครบางคน (โดยเฉพาะคนที่ไม่มีที่พึ่ง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelembutan hati

perasaan prihatin terhadap kesejahteraan seseorang (terutama seseorang yang tidak berdaya)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagkalambot ng puso

isang pakiramdam ng pag-aalala para sa kapakanan ng isang tao (lalo na ang isang taong walang pagtatanggol)

🇲🇾Malay

kelembutan hati

perasaan prihatin terhadap kebajikan seseorang (terutama seseorang yang tidak berdaya)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حنان القلب

الشعور بالقلق على رفاهية شخص ما (خاصة الشخص الذي لا حول له ولا قوة)

🇮🇷Persian

نرمی دل

احساس نگرانی برای رفاه کسی (مخصوصاً شخصی بی دفاع)

🇹🇷Turkish

yumuşak kalplilik

Birinin (özellikle savunmasız birinin) refahı için endişe duygusu

🇮🇱Hebrew

רכות לב

תחושה של דאגה לרווחתו של מישהו (במיוחד מישהו חסר הגנה)

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