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bleeding heart

noun

any of various plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, especially D. spectabilis, a common garden plant having long, one-sided clusters of rose or red heart-shaped flowers.
a person who makes an ostentatious or excessive display of pity or concern for others.

bleeding heart

noun

any of several plants of the genus Dicentra , esp the widely cultivated Japanese species D. spectabilis , which has finely divided leaves and heart-shaped nodding pink flowers: family Fumariaceae
informal��
1. a person who is excessively softhearted
2. ( as modifier )
  a bleeding-heart liberal

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Other Word Forms

bleeding-heart adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bleeding heart¹

First recorded in 1685–95

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Anthony and Judy are really the bleeding heart of this film.

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Government bureaucrats are often depicted as wasteful and inefficient bleeding hearts with secret, sinister and sometimes "socialist" agendas.

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Alimouri’s “bleeding heart” came from his father, who fled Iran after opposing both the shah and the country’s Islamic regime, finding work in the United States as a chauffeur.

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Have San Francisco voters lost the bleeding hearts they have been known for — or are they just frustrated?

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I come into the world with this sort of open, bleeding heart — I expose myself because I’m a romantic.

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bleeding edge bleed someone white

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