bleeding hearts
Soft on suffering
Bleeding hearts can refer to the garden plant with heart-shaped pink flowers that appear to drip, or to people considered excessively sympathetic to those in misfortune.
The political sense is dismissive, typically used by conservatives against liberals: The bleeding hearts want to coddle criminals instead of locking them up.
The singular bleeding heart works the same way.
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- caringShowing kind concern
mercy · sensitivity · warmth · pity · concern · benevolence · humanity · understanding
Recurring each year
- shade-lovingPreferring low light
- pinkPale red hue
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
- archingBending in a curve
ornamental · woodland · fern-leaf · cottage garden · old-fashioned · romantic · delicate · heirloom
Open to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- leftistAdvocate for progressive politics
- do-gooderNaively earnest helper
- softheartedReadily feeling sympathy
naive · idealist · sympathizer · activist · reformer · humanitarian · social justice · welfare
Planting area with limited sunlight
- woodlandForested land area
- moist soilEarth with water content
- partial shadeModerate light exposure
- companion plantingGrowing compatible plants together
hostas · ferns · hellebore · understory · naturalized · dormancy · division · transplanting
empathy
Sharing another's emotions
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- kindnessConsiderate, caring disposition
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
caring · mercy · sensitivity · warmth · pity · concern · benevolence · humanity · understanding · solidarity
perennial
Recurring each year
- shade-lovingPreferring low light
- pinkPale red hue
- pendantSuspended jewelry ornament
arching · ornamental · woodland · fern-leaf · cottage garden · old-fashioned · romantic · delicate · heirloom · cut flower
liberal
Open to reform
- progressiveFavoring reform and innovation
- leftistAdvocate for progressive politics
- do-gooderNaively earnest helper
softhearted · naive · idealist · sympathizer · activist · reformer · humanitarian · social justice · welfare · handout
shade garden
Planting area with limited sunlight
- woodlandForested land area
- moist soilEarth with water content
- partial shadeModerate light exposure
companion planting · hostas · ferns · hellebore · understory · naturalized · dormancy · division · transplanting · mulch
- perennialsaster, asters, hostas, peonies, peony
- shade plantshostas, ferns, trillium, trilliums, foxglove
- blood loreblood sacrifice, blood rituals, blood magic, blood oaths, blood covenant
bleeding heartshardliners
Uncompromising faction members
conservatives · right-wingers · hard-liners · hawks · fiscal conservatives
bleeding heartscold fish
Unfriendly, unfeeling person
cynics · hardliners · bean counters · number crunchers · Darwinists
bleeding heartsheartless
Lacking pity or mercy
skinflints · misers · Scrooges · tightwads · mean-spirited
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