tenderhearted

  • 1tenderhearted — [ten′dər härt΄id] adj. having a tender heart; quick to feel pity; sympathetic tenderheartedly adv. tenderheartedness n. * * * ten·der·heart·ed (tĕnʹdər härʹtĭd) adj. Easily moved by another s distress; compassionate.   tenʹder·heartʹed·ly adv.… …

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  • 2tenderhearted — index sensitive (easily affected) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3tenderhearted — [adj] tender affectionate, all heart*, benevolent, bleeding heart*, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, kindhearted, lenient, loving, merciful, mushy*, sensitive, sentimental, soft,… …

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  • 4tenderhearted — [ten′dər härt΄id] adj. having a tender heart; quick to feel pity; sympathetic tenderheartedly adv. tenderheartedness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5tenderhearted — adjective 1. easily moved to love • Similar to: ↑loving • Derivationally related forms: ↑tenderheartedness 2. easily moved by another s distress a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race W.M.Thackeray • Similar to: ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6tenderhearted — adjective Date: 15th century easily moved to love, pity, or sorrow ; compassionate, impressionable • tenderheartedly adverb • tenderheartedness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7tenderhearted — adjective a) compassionate for anothers distress b) easily moved to love …

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  • 8tenderhearted — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Christlike, Christly, affectionate, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, decent, delicate, emotionable, forbearant, fraternal, gentle, good,… …

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  • 9tenderhearted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. kind, sympathetic. See care. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. softhearted, tender, humane; see humane 1 , kind 1 , merciful 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tender, loving, kind, compassionate,… …

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  • 10tenderhearted — adj. compassionate, caring, emotional, easily moved …

    English contemporary dictionary