Bleeding-heart Noun - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of bleeding heart noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

bleeding heart

 nounnoun  (disapproving) jump to other resultsa person who is too kind and sympathetic toward people that other people think do not deserve kindness a bleeding-heart liberal All the bleeding hearts and socialists oppose the changes to the immigration law.

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Nearby words

  • bleeding noun
  • bleeding edge noun
  • bleeding heart noun
  • bleep noun
  • bleep verb

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