'Tenderness' definitions:
Definition of 'tenderness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
noun
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"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on" [syn: tenderness, soreness, rawness]
noun
Warm compassionate feelings [syn: tenderness, tenderheartedness]
noun
A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia]
noun
A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) [syn: softheartedness, tenderness]
Definition of 'Tenderness'
From: GCIDE
- Tenderness \Ten"der*ness\, n. The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tenderness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- airiness,
- algesia,
- allergy,
- anaphylaxis,
- ascent,
- bleeding heart,
- bloom,
- bowels of compassion,
- bubbliness,
- budtime,
- buoyancy,
- clemency,
- clementness,
- compassion,
- compassionateness,
- considerateness,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- downiness,
- early years,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- empathy,
- ethereality,
- exquisiteness,
- featheriness,
- festering,
- fineness,
- floatability,
- florescence,
- flossiness,
- flowering time,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- fondness,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- frothiness,
- gentleness,
- gossameriness,
- humaneness,
- humanity,
- hyperesthesia,
- hyperpathia,
- hypersensitivity,
- identification,
- inflammation,
- insolidity,
- irritability,
- irritation,
- jeunesse,
- juvenescence,
- juvenility,
- lack of weight,
- laxness,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- lenientness,
- lenity,
- levitation,
- levity,
- lightness,
- mellowness,
- mercifulness,
- mercy,
- mildness,
- moderateness,
- morbidezza,
- my burning youth,
- my green age,
- nervousness,
- nonresistiveness,
- nonrigidity,
- oversensibility,
- oversensitiveness,
- overtenderness,
- passibility,
- patience,
- perceptiveness,
- perceptivity,
- photophobia,
- pity,
- plushiness,
- prickliness,
- prime of life,
- pulpiness,
- rankling,
- responsiveness,
- ruthfulness,
- salad days,
- satininess,
- seedtime of life,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sensitization,
- silkiness,
- softheartedness,
- softness,
- sore,
- sore spot,
- soreness,
- sponginess,
- springtime of life,
- supersensitivity,
- sympathy,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- tender age,
- tender feeling,
- tenderheartedness,
- tetchiness,
- thin skin,
- ticklishness,
- tolerance,
- touchiness,
- unheaviness,
- unsolidity,
- velvetiness,
- volatility,
- warm heart,
- warmheartedness,
- weakness,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness,
- young blood,
- youngness,
- youth,
- youthfulness,
- youthhead,
- youthhood,
- youthiness
Words containing 'Tenderness'
- Tender,
- Tendered,
- Tenderer,
- Tendering,
- Tenderly,
- tenderization,
- tenderize,
- tenderized,
- tenderizer,
- Gate tender,
- Legal tender,
- Tender of issue,
- Water tender,
- rebound tenderness,
- tender age,
- tender offer,
- tender spot,
- Tender-hearted,
- Tender-heartedly,
- Tender-heartedness,
- Tender-hefted,
- chief water tender,
- tender loving care