bleeding heart
Overly compassionate person
A bleeding heart is someone regarded as excessively sympathetic toward those perceived as suffering or disadvantaged—often used dismissively by political conservatives to characterize liberals: bleeding-heart liberals and their welfare programs.
The term suggests emotion overriding practical judgment.
Separately, a bleeding heart is a garden plant with pink heart-shaped flowers.
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- caringShowing kind concern
humanitarian · benevolence · sensitivity · tenderness · concern · warmth · solicitude · generosity
Open to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- do-gooderNaively earnest helper
- softYielding to touch
naive · idealist · sentimentalist · lefty · snowflake · reformer · activist · social justice
Recurring each year
- shade-lovingPreferring low light
- gardenCultivated plant area
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
fern-leaf · woodland · rhizome · pink · pendant · arching · delicate · romantic
Excessively tearful sentiment
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- overemotionalExcessively expressive of feelings
weepy · mushy · gushy · schmaltzy · lachrymose · touchy-feely · nostalgic · softhearted
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- altruismPrioritizing others' wellbeing
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
caring · humanitarian · benevolence · sensitivity · tenderness · concern · warmth · solicitude · generosity · charity
liberal
Open to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- do-gooderNaively earnest helper
soft · naive · idealist · sentimentalist · lefty · snowflake · reformer · activist · social justice · welfare
perennial
Recurring each year
- shade-lovingPreferring low light
- gardenCultivated plant area
- herbaceousHaving soft green stems
ornamental · fern-leaf · woodland · rhizome · pink · pendant · arching · delicate · romantic · cottage garden
maudlin
Excessively tearful sentiment
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
overemotional · weepy · mushy · gushy · schmaltzy · lachrymose · touchy-feely · nostalgic · softhearted · tenderhearted
bleeding hearthardliner
Strict policy advocate
hard-liner · hawk · conservative · right-winger · reactionary
bleeding heartcold fish
Unfriendly, unfeeling person
cynic · hard-hearted · hardhearted · cold-hearted · callous
heart, bloody, bleeding, bled, bloodied, bloods, bloodletting, bloodiest, bloodily