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单词 tenderheartedness
释义

tenderhearted

adjective

ten·​der·​heart·​ed ˈten-dər-ˌhär-təd How to pronounce tenderhearted (audio)
: easily moved to love, pity, or sorrow : compassionate, impressionable
tenderheartedly adverb
tenderheartedness noun

Synonyms

  • adoring
  • affectionate
  • devoted
  • fond
  • loving
  • tender
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Example Sentences

a tenderhearted offer of help for the victims of the earthquake
Recent Examples on the Web The project is the backbone of writer-director Mike Mills’s latest tenderhearted film, C’mon C’mon, detailing the complications of cross-generational dynamics in black-and-white. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2021 The Abyss resembles a tenderhearted melodrama about touching the otherworldly sublime in the vein of Contact or Close Encounters of the Third Kind far more than other sub flicks. Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020 That dumpling baby had grown into the dearest of boys—sweet, tenderhearted, with a gifted intellect. Gayle Somers, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018 Every now and then Millie loses track of one of the older kids, the teenage Jesse (Lamar Johnson), a tenderhearted fellow who would just like for everybody to get along. Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tenderhearted

adjective

ten·​der·​heart·​ed ˌten-dər-ˈhär-təd How to pronounce tenderhearted (audio)
: easily affected with feelings of love, pity, or sorrow

tenderheartedness

noun

as in kindness
sympathetic concern for the well-being of others a hard-nosed businessman, better known for his tough-mindedness than for his tenderheartedness

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • kindness
  • tenderness
  • kindheartedness
  • humaneness
  • generosity
  • good-heartedness
  • benignity
  • warmheartedness
  • benevolence
  • kindliness
  • beneficence
  • warmth
  • compassionateness
  • attentiveness
  • benignancy
  • thoughtfulness
  • mercifulness
  • considerateness
  • friendliness
  • softheartedness
  • patience
  • graciousness
  • affability
  • niceness
  • tolerance
  • charitableness
  • good-naturedness
  • unselfishness
  • altruism
  • pleasantness
  • leniency
  • magnanimity
  • understanding
  • clemency
  • good-temperedness
  • greatheartedness
  • philanthropy
  • charity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cruelty
  • heartlessness
  • callousness
  • inhumanity
  • savagery
  • brutishness
  • brutality
  • ruthlessness
  • barbarity
  • savageness
  • pitilessness
  • unkindness
  • mercilessness
  • barbarousness
  • hard-heartedness
  • bestiality
  • unkindliness
  • unfeelingness
  • cold-bloodedness
  • inconsiderateness
  • severity
  • toughness
  • insensitivity
  • thoughtlessness
  • sternness
  • meanness
  • grimness
  • malevolence
  • harshness
  • spitefulness
  • virulence
  • maliciousness
  • hatefulness
  • vitriol
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