tenderness
Meaning of tenderness
- A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
- Concern for the feelings or welfare of others
When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
- Pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
Information about tenderness
- It is a name.
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Hyphenation of tenderness
ten-der-ness
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- tenderness is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
tenderness synonyms
Meaning soreness:
Meaning tenderheartedness:
Meaning affection:
affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
Meaning softheartedness:
Words that rhyme with tenderness
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