tenderness.
Quality, state or condition of being tender.
Meaning & usage
Quality, state or condition of being tender.
He picked her up in his arms with great tenderness.
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
A concern for the feelings or welfare of others.
When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
Everybody needs a little tenderness sometimes.
A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched.
He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.
Where this word comes from
From tender + -ness.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.