tenderhearted


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ten·der·heart·ed

 (tĕn′dər-här′tĭd)
adj.
Easily moved by another's distress; compassionate.

ten′der·heart′ed·ly adv.
ten′der·heart′ed·ness n.
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tenderhearted

(ˌtɛndəˈhɑːtɪd)
adj
having a compassionate, kindly, or sensitive disposition
ˌtenderˈheartedly adv
ˌtenderˈheartedness n
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.tenderhearted - easily moved to love
loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
2.tenderhearted - easily moved by another's distress; "a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race"- W.M.Thackeray
compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
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tenderhearted

adjective
Of a kindly, considerate character:
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I rather miss my wild girl, but if I get a strong, helpful, tenderhearted woman in her place, I shall feel quite satisfied.
Elton was certainly cheering; but still, after a time, she was tenderhearted again towards the rejected Mr.
Even their mother missed them; and how much more their tenderhearted cousin, who wandered about the house, and thought of them, and felt for them, with a degree of affectionate regret which they had never done much to deserve!
I am tenderhearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.
The comic operetta revolves around Frederic (Liam Bell), who joins a group of tenderhearted pirates led by the Pirate King (Nic Cicerale) after being released from his indentured apprenticeship after completing his 21st year on the planet.
If you're looking for love, you'll find it with a tenderhearted homebody.
A beautiful, valuable contribution to the literature, The Fearless Benjamin Lay is indeed "a 'tenderhearted' history of a deeply principled and often impossible man" (152).
Your Inner Pilot Light always radiates unconditionally loving energy, like a firm but tenderhearted mature parent.
The apostle instructs us to "clothe" ourselves in "tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience" and to "make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends [us]" (Colossians 3:12-13).
6 the house bunny (2008) ANNA Faris is tenderhearted Playboy bunny Shelley who ends up as the sorority house mother to a bunch of social misfits when she is forced leave the Playboy Mansion.
It's into this maelstrom that Justin, Asher's beloved, tenderhearted son, runs in search of his dog.
She has an American voice: silvery, within arm's length of old cadences, but also limber, thieving, marked by occasional raids on slang and jargon, at ease both high and low, funny, tenderhearted, sharp." CHARLES FINCH