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bleeding heart, bleeding-heart (adjective)
altruistic, benevolent, compassionate, kind, merciful, progressive, sympathetic, tender.
bleeding heart (noun)
1.
Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Dicentra, especially the
Old World D. spectabilis, having arching clusters of pink to red or
sometimes white, heart-shaped flowers.
2. Humanitarian. A person who is considered excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be underprivileged or exploited.
»A bleeding heart can be a term, usually critical, for someone who is held to be overly sympathetic to another person's (or group of people's) plight; usually used by people who are not as (or not at all) sympathetic.« Bleeding heart - encyclopedia article, provided by the Free Online Encyclopedia.