tenderness
noun
[ ˈtɛndənəs ]
• gentleness and kindness; kindliness.
• "he picked her up in his arms with great tenderness"
Similar:
affection,
fondness,
love,
devotion,
loving-kindness,
emotion,
sentiment,
sentimentality,
emotionalism,
kindness,
kindliness,
kind-heartedness,
soft-heartedness,
softness,
tender-heartedness,
compassion,
compassionateness,
care,
concern,
sympathy,
warmth,
warm-heartedness,
fatherliness,
motherliness,
gentleness,
benevolence,
generosity,
humaneness,
succulence,
juiciness,
sensitivity to pain,
soreness,
painfulness,
inflammation,
rawness,
ache,
aching,
smarting,
throbbing,
irritation,
bruising,
• sensitivity to pain; soreness.
• "abdominal tenderness"
• the quality of being easy to cut or chew; succulence.
• "steak braised to perfect tenderness in a red-wine-and-brandy sauce"
