Large-hearted
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Large-hearted is an adjective meaning Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
Meaning
Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
Example Sentences
Julius Rosenwald was one of the largest-minded and largest-hearted men of modern times. He transcended all barriers of race, religion and nationality.
He was a hearty man, a large-hearted man that is to say. He was perhaps the largest-hearted man I ever knew. I think he made a nearer approach to obeying the divine precept, “Love thy neighbour as thyself,” than one man in a hundred thousand.
However, like your sister in ancient Greece, you make your “darker-hearted” perennial descents. And like Persephone, and also like her predecessor, the goddess Inanna, who went below of her own volition, your experience has made you larger-hearted and wiser-hearted as well.
Word Forms
- larger-hearted
- largest-hearted
- largehearted
Synonyms for large-hearted
Depending on context, synonyms include bighearted.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include largehearted, big-hearted, bighearted, full-souled, great-hearted, right-hearted.
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