selfless
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈsɛlfləs/
:
desinteresado
- She is the most selfless, amazing mother.
- selfless devotion
- selfless service
- a selfless act
I think it's really selfless of you to feel that way.
- I think it's really selfless of you to feel that way.
- I'm going to be selfish and selfless, on tilt on both forever.
- This selfless part of me is very real.
- But at the same time, you're in the most selfless team game there is.
- So the people that say I'm totally selfless, me, I do all this selflessly.
- And he made a selfless decision to pass the torch.
- So you can be super selfless the rest of the day.
- I saw some of the most heroic, selfless acts.
- You you really can't find a more selfless person.
- Like watch how selfless I can be.
- No, because she is just concerned out of a principle of selfless service to the child.
- That is called equal parts selfish and equal parts selfless and refining that skill set.
Examples
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True, it was a selfless, noble act, if I do say so myself, but my only reward will be your happiness.
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The volunteers showed a selfless dedication to helping those in need.
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I think it's really selfless of you to feel that way.
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And I saw how my family was so selfless in taking care of me.
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So you can be super selfless the rest of the day.
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I will not allow the selfless efforts of my husband and his friends to be abandoned.
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I saw some of the most heroic, selfless acts.
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She's so selfless, one of the most selfless people I've ever met.
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Now she moves in like fashion, but in harmony with her courteous and selfless spouse.
Academic text (1997) -
Her selfless actions during the crisis inspired everyone around her.
Synonyms
534
1.0
Being helpful and caring toward other people
150
3.4
Showing kindness and being generous, especially by giving help or money to people in need
79
1.2
Willing to forgive small mistakes and not be strict
23
6.7
Wanting to help other people even when it costs you
20
6.8
Wanting to help people by giving money to those in need
19
2.0
Willing to put other people's needs before your own
16
8.0
Being kind and generous when forgiving people who hurt you
9
2.5
A person who cares about others and often helps them
5
5.5
Ready to give up your own needs to help others
5
2.5
A person who is kind and caring
4
7.8
Being kind and helping people by giving money or other help
1
4.6
Caring about people in the community and acting to help
1
7.3
Ready to put other people's needs before your own and help them
1
5.5
Doing things that help other people
1
4.1
Shows kindness and honesty, sharing feelings with others
Giving money, help, or time to others in a kind way
Antonyms
56
3.9
A person who is only interested in their own needs and not in other people's feelings
How Selfless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Selfless comes from self, the same self in myself or selfish, meaning 'one's own person', and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So a selfless person is 'without' worry about themselves and cares more about other people.