Tenderness Definition

noun
Tenderness is gentleness, or is feelings of warmth and affection for someone or something, or is a soreness, or is the quality of being able to be easy to cut or chew.
When a mother gently caresses her baby's cheek, this is an example of tenderness.
The warm and loving feelings that you feel towards your significant other are an example of tenderness.
When your ankle hurts a bit because you have twisted it, this is an example of tenderness.
When steak that you are eating is easy to cut and chew, this is an example of tenderness.
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A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.

When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
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Concern for the feelings or welfare of others.

When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
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Pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.

He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
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Other Word Forms of Tenderness

Noun

Singular:
tenderness
Plural:
tendernesses

Tenderness Sentence Examples

  • In fact, they held a tenderness she had never seen.

  • There was a tenderness in the way she looked at him that amazed him.

  • The tenderness on Jackson's face, confirmed his love for her daughter.

  • She gazed up into eyes that were full of tenderness.

  • After making love to her with such tenderness and passion.

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

SSSESS

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Words Starting With T and Ending With S

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With T10 Letter Words Ending With S
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