tenderness

tenderness is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective). Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).
2. noun. a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
3. noun. a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

   Synonyms: softheartedness

4. noun. a positive feeling of liking

   "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"

   "the child won everyone's heart"

   Synonyms: affection, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness

5. noun. warm compassionate feelings
6. noun. a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

   "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"

   "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"

   Synonyms: rawness, soreness

Synonyms

softheartedness, affection, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness, rawness, soreness

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