tenderness
tendernesses
Tenderness is a feeling of concern, gentle affection, or warmth. It's the quality of a person who cries when they see someone get hurt or who gently picks up a tiny kitten.
Writing a heartfelt note to a sad friend is one way to show tenderness, and so is giving your brother a sincere hug on his birthday. Another definition of this adjective is "extreme sensitivity to pain." You might experience tenderness in your muscles the day after going on a long hike. This is actually the original meaning, from tender, "soft or easily injured," and a root meaning "stretched, thin, or weak."
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warm compassionate feelings
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synonyms:
tenderheartedness
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compassion, compassionateness
a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering
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compassion, compassionateness
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a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
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synonyms:
softheartedness
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concern
a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
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concern
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a positive feeling of liking
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synonyms:
affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness
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attachment, fond regard
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
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protectiveness
a feeling of protective affection
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regard, respect
a feeling of friendship and esteem
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soft spot
a sentimental affection
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feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
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affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
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affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth
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a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)“the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness”
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chafing
soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction
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rebound tenderness
pain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation
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chafe
soreness and warmth caused by friction
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intertrigo
chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)
Vocabulary lists containing tenderness
As his family struggles financially, Jackson deals with hardship with the help of his imaginary friend, a giant cat named Crenshaw.
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