Dictionary

large-hearted en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Having a generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal.
   • 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. 1887, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, “Charles Dickens”, in What I Remember […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley and Son […], →OCLC, page 115:
   • 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. 2001, Gail Godwin, “‘My Heart of Darkness’: Personal Stories”, in Heart: A Personal Journey Through Its Myths and Meanings, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, part II (Heart Themes in Life and Art), chapter III (The Heart of Darkness), page 225:
   • Julius Rosenwald was one of the largest-minded and largest-hearted men of modern times. He transcended all barriers of race, religion and nationality. 1932 January 7, John R[aleigh] Mott, quotee, “Rosenwald Praised by Leaders Here; Spirit Which Marked His Charities Is Emphasized as Sorrow Is Expressed for His Death. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:

Forms

Deriveds

large-heartedly · large-heartedness

Synonyms

bighearted