tender-hearted

  • 21-hearted — an adjective suffix meaning having a specified kind of heart: hard hearted; tender hearted …

  • 22tender — I. a. 1. Soft, delicate. 2. Weak, feeble, young, infantile, youthful. 3. Effeminate, feminine, womanly, delicate. 4. Sensitive, easily pained. 5. Compassionate, kind, affectionate, sympathetic, pitiful, merciful, lenient, mild, tender hearted. 6 …

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  • 23tender — I adjective 1) a gentle, tender man Syn: caring, kind, kind hearted, soft hearted, compassionate, sympathetic, warm, gentle, mild, benevolent 2) a tender kiss Syn: affectionate …

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  • 24tender — I. /ˈtɛndə / (say tenduh) adjective 1. soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak. 2. weak or delicate in constitution; not strong or hardy. 3. Wool of wool fibres that have a weakness at a certain point of the staple such… …

  • 25tender — I adjective 1) a gentle, tender man Syn: caring, kind, kindly, kindhearted, softhearted, tenderhearted, compassionate, sympathetic, warm, warmhearted, solicitous, fatherly, motherly, maternal, gentle, mild, benevolent …

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  • 26tender — Synonyms and related words: Christian, Christlike, Christly, Ganymede, Hebe, Pullman, Pullman car, accepting, accord, aching, administer, adoring, advance, affectionate, afford, agonizing, ailing, airline hostess, airline stewardess, algetic,… …

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  • 27good-hearted — adj kind, kindly, kind hearted, benign, benignant, good, warm hearted, big hearted, loving; considerate, thoughtful, well meaning, well intended; compassionate, understanding, sympathetic, soft hearted, tender hearted, tender, gentle; humane,… …

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  • 28soft-hearted — mod. tender hearted; sympathetic. □ She is too soft hearted to handle this job. □ He is a soft hearted guy who can help our cause a lot …

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  • 29kind-hearted — a. Tender hearted. See kind …

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  • 30soft-hearted — soft heartedly, adv. soft heartedness, n. /sawft hahr tid, soft /, adj. very sympathetic or responsive; generous in spirit: a soft hearted judge. [1570 80] Syn. tender, kind hearted. * * * …

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