Synonyms for tenderness
ten·der·ness

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1. tenderness

   An attachment is a feeling that binds a person by ties of heart to another person or thing; we speak of a man's adherence to his purpose, his adhesion to his party, or to anything to which he clings tenaciously, tho with no special tenderness; of his attachment to his church, to the old homestead, or to any persons or objects that he may hold dear. Affection expresses more warmth of feeling; we should not speak of a mother's attachment to her babe, but of her affection or of her devotion. Inclination expresses simply a tendency, which may be good or bad, yielded to or overcome; as, an inclination to study; an inclination to drink. Regard is more distant than affection or attachment, but closer and warmer than esteem; we speak of high esteem, kind regard. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; APPENDAGE; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE; UNION.

   Synonyms:
   adherence, adhesion, affection, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, union

   Antonyms:
   alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severance

   Preposition:
   Attachment of a true man to his friends; attachment to a leader for his nobility of character; the attachments between two persons or things; attachment by muscular fibers, or by a rope, etc.

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1. tenderness

   Synonyms:
   delicacy, softness, kindness, sensibility, pity, benevolence, humanity, clemency, beneficence

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1. tendernessnoun

   a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

   Synonyms:
   heart, rawness, warmheartedness, soreness, tenderheartedness, philia, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondness

2. tenderness, soreness, rawnessnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   heart, rawness, warmheartedness, soreness, inexperience, tenderheartedness, irritation, philia, incompleteness, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondness, discomfort

3. tenderness, tenderheartednessnoun

   warm compassionate feelings

   Synonyms:
   heart, rawness, warmheartedness, soreness, tenderheartedness, philia, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondness

4. affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philianoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   affection, rawness, partiality, affectionateness, substance, philia, meat, centre, lovingness, center, core, marrow, sum, nerve, ticker, warmth, fancy, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, spirit, softheartedness, gist, tenderheartedness, warmness, inwardness, pith, heart, bosom, pump, essence, mettle, warmheartedness, heart and soul, fondness, soreness, spunk, eye, middle

5. softheartedness, tendernessnoun

   a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

   Synonyms:
   rawness, heart, soreness, warmheartedness, tenderheartedness, philia, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondness

Matched Categories

1. • Affectionateness
   • Compassion
   • Concern
   • Pain

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1. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   softness, delicacy, want of firmness

2. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   weakness, want of strength, feebleness

3. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   effeminacy, womanly quality

4. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   soreness, sensitiveness

5. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindness

6. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   pathos

7. tendernessnoun

   Synonyms:
   caution, carefulness

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1. List of paraphrases for "tenderness":

   sensitivity, susceptibility, affection, sweetness, sensibility, tender, sensitivities, fondness

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How to use tenderness in a sentence?

1. Ivana Trump:

   I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent, i referred to this as a 'rape,' but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.

2. Sarah Maddison:

   I have no doubt that Malcolm Turnbull will be wanting to move the party in a different direction on climate change but he will also be remembering with some tenderness that this was the issue that saw him ousted as opposition leader.

3. Janvier Chouteu-Chando:

   ...Truth presented with tenderness enriches the soul of man and enhances humanity in the process. A Franco-Cameroonian relation based on truth and nurtured with tenderness will be to the benefit not only of Kamerun and France, but also of mankind as a whole.”

4. Susanna Wesley:

   Whatsoever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases the authority of the body over the mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may seem in itself.

5. Kahlil Gibran:

   Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.