Tender synonyms
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Beautifully fine in texture, quality, or workmanship
Easily broken, damaged, or destroyed
Adaptable, as to changes
Not mature or ripe; not completely grown or developed
Marked by or indicating a lack of maturity; puerile:
Affectionate, showing benevolence.
Having the natural heat of living beings:
Alternative form of warm-hearted.
(Physiol.) Designating or of that part of the autonomic nervous system whose nerves originate in the lumbar and thoracic regions of the spinal cord and that is especially concerned with mediating the involuntary response to alarm, as by speeding the heart rate, raising the blood pressure, and dilating the pupils of the eyes: these nerves oppose the parasympathetic nerves in the regulation of many body processes
Expressing love
Expressing care or concern for another:
Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances:
(no comparative or superlative) That moves or move.
oversensitive
Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.
Full of or giving pain:
soft (related)
experienced (antonym)
(Archaic) Noble; chivalrous:
Easily broken, shattered, damaged, or destroyed; fragile; delicate
Arousing or deserving of sympathetic sadness and compassion:
Emotionally touching; evoking pity, sympathy, etc.
Requiring special tact or skill in handling; delicate:
Very sensitive or easily upset; touchy
Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen.
A preliminary offering, specifically with regard to testimony or evidence, a preview of what will be said or shown. Also known as an offer of proof. A preliminary offering, specifically with regard to testimony or evidence, a preview of what will be said or shown. Also known as an offer of proof.
To offer for viewing or notice; exhibit; display; show
To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance:
young (related)
weak (related)
pitiful (related)
raw (related)
sore (related)
offer (related)
Dully painful.
(Obs.) Mentally disposed; inclined
Characterized by or resulting from benevolence
bruised
Full of cares or anxiety:
Having a purpose or character of a charity.
Forbearing; lenient; merciful
con amore
Characterised by careful and conscious thought; deliberate
Easily broken; frail
Cherished with great or unreasoning affection; doted on
Lacking training or experience.
Having what are considered the best qualities of human beings; kind, tender, merciful, sympathetic, etc.
hyperalgesic
Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
hyperesthetic
Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia.
Not experienced; lacking knowledge or experience; green.
Having or resulting from a kind heart; sympathetic; kindly
Having a soft, pleasant taste or flavor; not strong, sour, bitter, biting, or sharp
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness:
Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
(Informal) Thoroughgoing; unmitigated:
Aware of or careful about the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others:
Scanty or meager
Full of juice or sap; juicy.
Easily influenced or affected:
Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
A person present
The ability to identify with or understand another's situation or feelings:
hyperalgesia
Extreme sensitivity to pain.
hyperesthesia
An abnormal or pathological increase in sensitivity to sensory stimuli, as of the skin to touch or the ear to sound.
A similar orchestral work intended for independent concert performance.
(Archaic) A setting forth; offering
A mutual liking or understanding arising from sameness of feeling
To make less harsh, strident, or critical:
tenderize
To make (something, especially meat) tender.
strong (antonym)
tough (antonym)
callous (antonym)
uncaring (antonym)
unfeeling (antonym)
unloving (antonym)
hard (antonym)
rough (antonym)
mature (antonym)
older (antonym)
healthy (antonym)
not painful (antonym)
ok (antonym)
unpained (antonym)
stiff (related)
legal tender (related)
Easily moved to love
The amount offered or proposed:
To do charitable or helpful work without pay:
come forward with
lay at someone's feet
lay before
(Chiefly Literary) Lovely, lovable, etc.
Of, being, or produced by an eccentric person:
Not toughened.
supply ship
ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
a boat for communication between ship and shore
Any of various kinds of ship's boats.
A small, armed, engine-powered ship, used by the Coast Guard as for patrol duty
(Metaphysics) The subject; one who experiences.
Any piece of paper similar to a stamp, issued by an organization, business firm, etc.
tenderise
Alternative spelling of tenderize.
chewable
Capable of being chewed
Overly or affectedly fastidious; squeamish
Synonym Study
- Warm and warmhearted suggest an interest or affection characterized by cordiality, generosity, etc. warm, or warmhearted, hospitality
- Sympathetic implies the ability or disposition to enter into another's mental state or emotions and thus to share sorrows, joys, desires, etc. a sympathetic interest in a colleague's career
- Compassionate is applied to one who is easily affected by another's troubles or pains and is quick to show pity or mercy a compassionate judge
- Tender implies a softness or gentleness in one's relations with others that is expressive of warm affection, concern, etc. a tender caress
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