ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Open-hearted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Open-hearted is an adjective meaning Frank and candidly straightforward.

Meaning

Frank and candidly straightforward.

More Meanings

  1. Generous and kind
  2. Emotionally receptive

Example Sentences

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.
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.

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Related dictionary entries include straight up, frank, upfront, forehanded, man-to-man, straightforward.

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