| 单词 | thoughtfulness |
| 释义 | thoughtfulness (once / 4043 pages) n Someone who considers other people's feelings has the quality of thoughtfulness. It takes real thoughtfulness to comfort a friend who's recently lost his pet cat. When you remember to bring doughnuts for everyone at work, that's thoughtfulness, and it's thoughtfulness that inspires you to send your grandmother a thank you note for your birthday gift. Another kind of thoughtfulness describes deliberate thinking before doing something. It might, for example, require some thoughtfulness to figure out how to hook up your new TV. The word comes from the adjective thoughtful, which originally meant "moody or anxious," but came to mean "considerate" in the 1850's. WORD FAMILYthoughtfulness: thoughtfulnesses+/forethought: forethoughtful, forethoughts/forethoughtful: forethoughtfully, unforethoughtful/rethink: rethinking, rethinks, rethought/think: rethink, thinkable, thinker, thinking, thinks, thought/thinkable: thinkably, unthinkable/thinker: thinkers/thinking: thinkingly, thinkings, unthinking/thought: forethought, thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughts, unthought/thoughtful: thoughtfully, thoughtfulness, unthoughtful/thoughtless: thoughtlessly, thoughtlessness/thoughtlessness: thoughtlessnesses/unthinkable: unthinkably/unthinking: unthinkingly/unthoughtful: unthoughtfully, unthoughtfulness USAGE EXAMPLESWe were touched and humbled by her thoughtfulness and will pay it forward. Seattle Times(Dec 12, 2016) I was quick to affirm his thoughtfulness with reassuring texts, handwritten notes and quiet thank-yous right before we drifted off to sleep. Salon(Dec 04, 2016) To honor the person’s thoughtfulness, I don’t want to use the card any old time. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) 1n kind and considerate regard for others Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper considerateness, consideration inconsiderateness, inconsideration, thoughtlessness the quality of failing to be considerate of others attentiveness the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others tact, tactfulnessconsideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finessesubtly skillful handling of a situation address, savoir-fairesocial skill kindness the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic 2n the trait of thinking carefully before acting Ant|Hypo|Hyper thoughtlessness, unthoughtfulness the trait of not thinking carefully before acting contemplativeness, meditativeness, pensiveness deep serious thoughtfulness introspectivenessthoughtfulness about your own situation and feelings deliberateness, deliberationthe trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision reflectiveness, reflectivitythe capability of quiet thought or contemplation intentionalityexpressive of intentions trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 3n a calm, lengthy, intent consideration Syn|Hypo|Hyper contemplation, musing, reflection, reflexion, rumination cogitation, study attentive consideration and meditation meditation, speculationcontinuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature meditation(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects) introspection, self-contemplation, self-examinationthe contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct retrospectcontemplation of things past lucubrationlaborious cogitation self-analysis, soul-searchinga penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives examen, examinationa detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) consideration the process of giving careful thought to something 4n a considerate and thoughtful act Syn|Hyper consideration benignity, kindness a kind act |
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