tenderness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tenderness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tenderness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tenderness n a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling 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" Synonym(s): tenderness, soreness, rawness warm compassionate feelings Synonym(s): tenderness, tenderheartedness 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" Synonym(s): affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) Synonym(s): softheartedness, tenderness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tenderness \Ten"der*ness\, n. The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Syn: Benignity; humanity; sensibility; benevolence; kindness; pity; clemency; mildness; mercy.