Tenderness is an important element in a person's character.
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Tenderness
//ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs//
Synonyms for "tenderness" (154 found)
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Strong matches (46)
Related words (77)
mildnessmoderatenessmorbidezzamy burning youthmy green agenervousnessnonresistivenessnonrigidityoversensibilityoversensitivenessovertendernesspassibilitypatienceperceptivenessperceptivityphotophobiapityplushinesspricklinessprime of life
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49 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حنان noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- حنية noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Bulgarian
4 entries- грижовност noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- мекота noun (softness of food when chewing)
- нежност noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- състрадание noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
Catalan
1 entries- tendresa noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Dutch
1 entries- gevoeligheid noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
Esperanto
2 entries- tenerecoj noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- tenero noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Estonian
1 entries- õrnus noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Finnish
3 entries- arkuus noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
- lempeys noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- lempeys noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
French
2 entries- tendresse noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- tendreté noun (softness of food when chewing)
Galician
1 entries- tenrura noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
German
1 entries- Zärtlichkeit noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Hindi
2 entries- कोमलता noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- सौम्यता noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Irish
1 entries- armacas noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Italian
1 entries- tenerezza noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Japanese
2 entries- 優しさ noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- 優しみ noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Zäertlechkeet noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Māori
1 entries- ngaoretanga noun (softness of food when chewing)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- محبت noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Polish
1 entries- czułość noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Portuguese
1 entries- ternura noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Romanian
4 entries- grijă noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- prudență noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- sensibilitate noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
- tandrețe noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Russian
4 entries- забо́тливость noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- не́жность noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- чу́ткость noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- чувстви́тельность noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
Slovak
2 entries- neha noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- nežnosť noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Spanish
2 entries- terneza noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- ternura noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
Swedish
3 entries- ömhet noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- ömhet noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- ömhet noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
Ukrainian
4 entries- деліка́тність noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- ні́жність noun (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings)
- турбо́тливість noun (concern for the feelings or welfare of others)
- чутли́вість noun (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
She said her prayers, her heart full of love and tenderness.
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She said with deepest tenderness, "Are you all right"?
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The world needs more tenderness.
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