tenderness 音标拼音: [t'ɛndɚnəs]
n . 柔软,亲切,柔和,敏感,易触痛
柔软,亲切,柔和,敏感,易触痛
tenderness n 1 :
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling 2 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
tenderness }, {
soreness }, {
rawness }]
3 :
warm compassionate feelings [
synonym : {
tenderness },
{
tenderheartedness }]
4 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
affection }, {
affectionateness }, {
fondness }, {
tenderness },
{
heart }, {
warmness }, {
warmheartedness }, {
philia }]
5 :
a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (
especially someone defenseless ) [
synonym : {
softheartedness }, {
tenderness }]
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 ]
132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tenderness ":
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
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