Definitions for tenderness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. tendernessnoun

   a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

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"

3. tenderness, tenderheartednessnoun

   warm compassionate feelings

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"

5. softheartedness, tendernessnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tendernessnoun

   a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings

   When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.

2. tendernessnoun

   concern for the feelings or welfare of others

   When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.

3. tendernessnoun

   pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched

   He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tendernessnoun

   Etymology: tendresse, Fr. from tender.

   1. The state of being tender; susceptibility of impressions.

   Pied cattle are spotted in their tongues, the tenderness of the part receiving more easily alterations than other parts of the flesh. Francis Bacon.

   The difference of the muscular flesh depends upon the hardness, tenderness, moisture, or driness of the fibres. Arbuth.

   2. State of being easily hurt; soreness.

   A quickness and tenderness of sight could not endure bright sun-shine. John Locke.

   Any zealous for his country, must conquer that tenderness and delicacy which may make him afraid of being spoken ill of. Addison.

   There are examples of wounded persons, that have roared for anguish at the discharge of ordnance, though at a great distance; what insupportable torture then should we be under upon a like concussion in the air, when all the whole body would have the tenderness of a wound. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   3. Susceptibility of the softer passions.

   Weep no more, lest I give cause
   To be suspected of more tenderness
   Than doth become a man. William Shakespeare.

   Well we know your tenderness of heart,
   And gentle, kind, effeminate remorse
   To your kindred. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   With what a graceful tenderness he loves!
   And breathes the softest, the sincerest vows! Addison.

   4. Kind attention; anxiety for the good of another.

   Having no children, she did with singular care and tenderness intend the education of Philip and Margaret. Francis Bacon.

   5. Scrupulousness; caution.

   My conscience first receiv’d a tenderness,
   Scruple, and prick, on certain speeches utter’d
   By th’ bishop of Bayon. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Some are unworthily censured for keeping their own, whom tenderness how to get honestly teacheth to spend discreetly; whereas such need no great thriftiness in preserving their own who assume more liberty in exacting from others. Henry Wotton.

   True tenderness of conscience is nothing else but an awful and exact sense of the rule which should direct it; and while it steers by this compass, and is sensible of every declination from it, so long it is properly tender. South.

   6. Cautious care.

   There being implanted in every man’s nature a great tenderness of reputation, to be careless of it is looked on as a mark of a degenerous mind. Government of the Tongue.

   7. Soft pathos of expression.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tenderness

   Tenderness is a song by General Public from their 1984 album All the Rage, produced by I. R. S. Records. It was featured in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

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1. tenderness

   Tenderness is a feeling or display of warmth, affection, sympathy, or compassion towards others. It can also refer to a characteristic of sensitivity to touch or pain, particularly used in a medical context. Additionally, in relation to food, tenderness refers to the quality of being easy to chew or cut.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tendernessnoun

   the quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective)

Matched Categories

1. • Affectionateness
   • Compassion
   • Concern
   • Pain

How to pronounce tenderness?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenderness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenderness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tenderness in a Sentence

1. Maya Angelou:

   The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

2. Kahlil Gibran:

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

3. Pope Francis:

   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.

4. 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.

5. James Corden:

   I watched that 'Try a Little Tenderness' dance routine so many times, the tape on the VHS wore out.

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