good-hearted

good-hearted

Kind, selfless, and/or caring. My sister is so good-hearted—she's always volunteering at soup kitchens and trying to help the less fortunate. I couldn't help but smile when I saw my good-hearted little girl give her crying friend a hug.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • heavy-hearted
  • in luck
  • half-hearted
  • have the heart
  • have the heart (to do something)
  • joke around with (one)
  • joke around
  • broken-hearted
  • chicken-hearted
  • he, she, etc. wouldn't harm/hurt a fly
References in periodicals archive
In a storyline lifted from many a good-hearted American movie, Calvin and his friends take on money-mad developers bent on tearing down the old neighbourhood shops and replacing them with faceless chain stores.
However, the incident was not a reflection on the evening which was enjoyed by most of the good-hearted crowd of 10,000.
Miller offers refreshing relief from the usual player-brotherman characters with Henry, a good-hearted, supportive and successful black man who is Faith's significant other.
Charles Surface is an extravagant but good-hearted young man.
Heller is a perfect match for good-hearted and restless Moose Flanagan and provides especially distinct vocalizations for even the most minor character.
Police forces all over Britain are full of good-hearted, enthusiastic officers who joined up to serve the public.
This good-hearted and not especially original movie features two lead characters who are so appealing--played by two actors who are so enjoyable--you wish them stronger writing, better direction, and, of course, better lighting.
Angel (C4, 11.20pm)DAVID BOREANAZ plays the title role in this hit supernatural drama about a good-hearted vampire battling evil in the monster-infested city of Los Angeles, with help from sexy sidekick Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) Wesley (Alexis Denisof), and Gunn (J August Richards).
Here is King reacting to big city racial politics by making concrete demands for change rather than appealing to the good-hearted conscience of white America.
Her first book, Mary Poppins (1934), about a magical, good-hearted, and exceedingly efficient nanny, was an immediate success; many sequels followed.
A simple-minded but good-hearted bachelor who fears his aunts and the prospect of marriage, Wooster is rescued from innumerable complicated situations by the resourceful and innately superior Jeeves.
A few other colorful characters, including a miller and his family and a good-hearted smuggler, pop in and out of the plot to help Kate and Thomas battle the vicar.
As Lord Rochester, a good-hearted debauchee, he stands out in an enticing cast that includes The Full Monty's Robert Carlyle, Johnny Lee Miller of Trainspotting, and Liv Tyler as a ballsy aristocrat.
Granny's pin-up, Nick Berry, is his usual affable self as the good-hearted country policeman.
Kay approaches Joss (nee Josephine) from all angles short chapters of testimony from the grieving widow, the angry son, the surprised undertaker, the good-hearted drummer, the sleazy biographer, the unsuspecting mother, the childhood crush.