Meaning of tenderness | Babel Free

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1. Quality, state or condition of being tender
2. Quality, state or condition of being tender.
   countable, uncountable
3. To make tender.
4. A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
5. A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
   countable, uncountable
6. A strip of meat, usually chicken, often breaded, deep-fried, and served with a sauce.
7. A concern for the feelings or welfare of others
8. A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
   countable, uncountable
9. lieftalligheid نَعومَه، لَطافَه، طَراوَه، لين нежност ternura měkkost, něha, citlivost die Zartheit ømhed τρυφερότηταternura hellus مهربانی؛ نرمی hellyys tendresseעדינות नरमी, कोमला osjetljivost, blagost érzékenység; puhaság, lágyság; gyöngédség kelembutan blíða tenerezza 優しさ 부드러움, 애정어린 švelnumas maigums; jūtīgums kelembutan zachtheidømhet; mørhetczułość ternura tandreţe нежность mäkkosť, neha nežnost nežnost ömhet ความอ่อนโยน şefkat 溫柔 ніжність, м'якість نزاکت sự dịu dàng, tính chất mềm 温柔
10. A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched
11. A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.
    countable, uncountable
12. in a loving and gentle manner. He kissed her tenderly. lieftallig بطراوَه، بِرِقَّه، بِنُعومَه، بِلين нежно ternamente něžně zart kærligt; ømt τρυφεράtiernamente hellalt با مهربانی hellästi tendrementבעדינות प्रेम से nježno, blago gyengéden dengan lembut blíðlega teneramente 優しく 부드럽게 švelniai maigi; liegi dgn lembut liefdevolømt, kjærlig czule ternamente tandru нежно nežne nežno nežno ömt อย่างรักใคร่ şefkatle 親切地 ніжно پيار سے say đắm 亲切地
13. kind and sympathetic; easily made to feel pity. lieftallig رَقيق القَلْب، لَطيف، مُتَعاطِف състрадателен compassivo laskavý, soucitný weichherzig godhjertet ευαίσθητος, πονόψυχοςbondadoso; compasivo õrnahingeline دل نازک helläsydäminen sensibleרחמן मृदु हृदय वाला meka srca, blag vajszívű simpatik brjóstgóður sensibile 優しい 온화한 minkštaširdis labsirdīgs; mīkstu sirdi lembut hati teerhartigkjærlig, ømhjertet o miękkim sercu compassivo sensibil мягкосердечный láskavý, súcitný mehkega srca milosrda...
14. lieftalligheid رِقَّة القَلْب състрадателност natureza compassiva útlocitnost die Weichherzigkeit godhjertethed ευαισθησίαbondad; naturaleza compasiva õrnatundelisus دل نازکی helläsydämisyys sensibilitéרחמנות कोमला, स्नेहीता blagost, osjetljivost lágyszívűség kelembutan hati brjóstgæska sensibilità 優しい心 온화함 švelnumas, širdingumas labsirdība; labsirdīgums kelembutan hati teerhartigheidgodhet, følsomhetczułość, serdeczność natureza compassiva sensibilitate мягкосердечность súcitnosť rahločutnos...
15. Easily crushed or bruised; fragile: a tender petal.
16. Young and vulnerable: of tender age.
17. Frail; delicate.
18. Sensitive to frost or severe cold; not hardy: tender green shoots.

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Examples

“He picked her up in his arms with great tenderness.”

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

“I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.”

“Love me, try to be understanding / Tenderness is all that I'm asking / Don't feel like I'm making conditions / I want to overcome my inhibitions”

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

“Everybody needs a little tenderness sometimes.”

“Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.”

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

“Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, and breast tenderness.”

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