Openheartedness
n.kind, joyfulwarm
What it means
Warm sincerity that allows care and feeling to be shown freely.
Reach for it when naming an emotionally generous and unguarded way of relating
His openheartedness made newcomers comfortable sharing their own stories.
Choose between these
6- everyday
attention and trust are freely given
not when Generosity can remain material and guarded.
- everyday
willing vulnerability defines the relationship
not when Trust may be quiet and selective.
- warm
affectionate friendliness is felt
not when Warmth can be polished without personal openness.
- professional
honest expression matters more than affection
not when Candor may be blunt and does not show care.
- formal
feeling and expression are genuine
not when Sincerity proves honesty, not openhearted care.
- literary
wholeheartedness
commitment is sincere and complete
not when Wholeheartedness can apply to a task.
Said against
3- reserve
- coldness
- guardedness
It naturally appears in
3- natural openheartedness
Her natural openheartedness drew isolated neighbors into the project.
- openheartedness with others
Openheartedness with others made the reunion healing.
- respond with openheartedness
He chose to respond with openheartedness after the apology.
The word family
2Where this comes from
Openheartedness is not a headword in the dictionaries below. The sense was checked against their entries for openhearted, and the definition and example here are written for Openheartedness itself.
- wiktionary, the entry for openhearted, English noun sense: quality of being openhearted opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.