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Synonyms for tenderness
ten·der·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, unionAntonyms:
alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severancePreposition:
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.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
tenderness
Synonyms:
delicacy, softness, kindness, sensibility, pity, benevolence, humanity, clemency, beneficence
Princeton's WordNet
tendernessnoun
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
Synonyms:
heart, rawness, warmheartedness, soreness, tenderheartedness, philia, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondnesstenderness, 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, discomforttenderness, tenderheartednessnoun
warm compassionate feelings
Synonyms:
heart, rawness, warmheartedness, soreness, tenderheartedness, philia, affectionateness, softheartedness, warmness, affection, fondnessaffection, 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, middlesoftheartedness, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
tendernessnoun
Synonyms:
softness, delicacy, want of firmnesstendernessnoun
Synonyms:
weakness, want of strength, feeblenesstendernessnoun
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effeminacy, womanly qualitytendernessnoun
Synonyms:
soreness, sensitivenesstendernessnoun
Synonyms:
compassion, kindness, sympathy, affection, pity, love, gentleness, benevolence, leniency, clemency, sensibility, mildness, benignity, humanity, loving-kindnesstendernessnoun
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pathostendernessnoun
Synonyms:
caution, carefulness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "tenderness":
sensitivity, susceptibility, affection, sweetness, sensibility, tender, sensitivities, fondness
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#216 | center | |
#370 | love | |
#824 | centre | |
#889 | heart | |
#1106 | union | |
#1141 | middle | |
#1566 | eye | |
#1617 | core | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#3505 | kernel | |
#3601 | sum | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3877 | pump | |
#4041 | meat | |
#4187 | attachment | |
#4308 | substance | |
#6458 | sensitivity | |
#6595 | friendship | |
#6740 | tender | |
#6823 | fancy | |
#7805 | essence | |
#7812 | humanity | |
#8377 | nerve | |
#8965 | estimation | |
#12073 | esteem | |
#12558 | ticker | |
#13564 | warmth | |
#14560 | marrow | |
#14886 | pity | |
#15279 | kindness | |
#15988 | affection | |
#16050 | devotion | |
#17321 | discomfort | |
#17794 | susceptibility | |
#17967 | adhesion | |
#18131 | irritation | |
#18143 | adherence | |
#23687 | inclination | |
#25334 | sweetness | |
#26274 | sensibility | |
#26713 | tenderness | |
#28488 | incompleteness | |
#32051 | bosom | |
#32803 | gist | |
#35273 | softness | |
#36598 | sensitivities | |
#43200 | delicacy | |
#43547 | clemency | |
#44359 | benevolence | |
#44610 | spunk | |
#48084 | fondness | |
#51700 | soreness | |
#63840 | inexperience | |
#65586 | mettle | |
#66952 | partiality | |
#69995 | pith | |
#70251 | nub | |
#105635 | beneficence | |
#151099 | rawness | |
#194780 | philia | |
#244606 | inwardness | |
#315244 | warmness |
How to use tenderness in a sentence?
Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.
Tenderness means to use our eyes to see the other, our ears to hear the other, to listen to the children, the poor, those who are afraid of The Future You, to listen also to the silent cry of our common home, of our sick and polluted Earth. Tenderness means to use our hands and our heart to comfort the other, to take care of those in need.
Cuddling and tenderness help maintain the physical connection and intimacy shared between couples—not just when you’re being sexual, as a result, it can be easier to get turned on because there’s always an element of sexual energy being shared through physical touches, therefore leading to a happier relationship overall.
The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.
Translations for tenderness
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- něhaCzech
- ZärtlichkeitGerman
- tenerecoEsperanto
- ternuraSpanish
- لطافتPersian
- hellyysFinnish
- tendresseFrench
- kelembutanIndonesian
- tenerezzaItalian
- רוךHebrew
- ಮೃದುತ್ವKannada
- multitudo viscerum tuorumLatin
- ZäertlechkeetLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ømhetNorwegian
- czułośćPolish
- ternuraPortuguese
- grijă, prudență, tandrețe, sensibilitateRomanian
- заботливость, нежность, чуткость, чувствительностьRussian
- ömhetSwedish
- צערטלעכקייַטYiddish
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