heartful

English

Etymology 1

heart +‎ -ful

Noun

heartful (plural heartfuls or heartsful)

1. An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
   • 1961, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, The souls of black folk: essays and sketches:

     How many heartfuls of sorrow shall balance a bushel of wheat?

Etymology 2

From Middle English hartfull, herte full; equivalent to heart +‎ -ful.

Adjective

heartful (comparative more heartful, superlative most heartful)

1. Sincere and compassionate.

   Synonyms: compassionate, cordial, hearty, sincere, wholehearted

   Antonyms: heartless, uncordial, uncompassionate; soulless, thoughtless, mindless, unmindful

   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus and J. Soter?], →OCLC, Ezechiel xxvij:[31], folio lxvi, verso, column 2:

     They ſhall mourne foꝛ the with hertfull ſoꝛow, […]

   • 2020, Frank J. Sileo, Bee Heartful: Spread Loving-Kindness:

     Bentley is a heartful bee. His heart is filled with love.

   • 2023, Jitender Kumar, Inspirewise Life, page 11:

     […] a heartful approach, we open ourselves to the transformative power of love, compassion, and genuine connection. In a heartful way, we begin our meditation practice by creating a serene and sacred space, free from distractions.

Derived terms

• heartfully
• heartfulness

Anagrams

• earthful