sweet-hearted

• sweet hearted, sweethearted

sweet-hearted (comparative more sweet-hearted or sweeter-hearted, superlative most sweet-hearted or sweetest-hearted)

1. Of sweet disposition.
   • 1860 December 20, Henry Ward Beecher, “Sermons”, in The Independent, volume XII, number 629, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 5:

     My friends that are engaged with public questions, do not restrict your zeal, and do not be warped nor bent by any sinister influence; but let the mind and will of Christ be in you—let the Spirit of God dwell with you. You will be clearer-headed, more content, sweeter-hearted, and more influential for good.

   • 2009 July 9, Hugh Hart, “Movies: ’’Bruno’’ Ups Ante on Outrage”, in Wired‎^[1], San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2014:

     When sweet-hearted Sid the Sloth (John Leguizamo) decides he wants his own family and stumbles onto dino eggs, he adopts the little critters, unleashing all manner of prehistoric chaos.

   • 2010 October 26, Maria Elena Fernandez, “Lucas Neff breaks out on ‘Raising Hope’ and laughs a little along the way”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2 December 2025:

     When he finally got to read the first script, Neff says, he fell for the show because ‘it has really good values at its core. It’s a very sweet-hearted, kind show, and it places family first and doing the right thing first. […]’

   • 2011 January 3, Peggy Noonan, “Days of Auld Lang What?”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 January 2015:

     I'll think of some who won't be entering the new year with us—big, sweet-hearted dynamo Richard Holbrooke, and Ted Sorensen, counselor to presidents, whose pen was a terrible swift sword.

• “sweet-hearted, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.