Easily moved to affection or sympathy; susceptible to pity or pleading; soft-hearted, sentimental.

Tender-hearted, gentle, merciful.

Soft. Of weather: mild.

Having a tender heart; easily moved by †fear, pity, sorrow, or love; †timid; pitiful, compassionate; loving; impressionable.

having a soft heart; tender-hearted; timid; cf. milce-hearted adj. at milce, n. compounds 1.

Of a tender sort.

Of a person, the mind, the heart, etc.: readily affected emotionally, esp. with regard to the suffering or distress of others; sensitive…

Tender. Obsolete.

Susceptible to moral or spiritual influence; impressionable, sympathetic; sensitive to pious emotions. Now chiefly in phrase ‘tender conscience’…

Having a tender mind; sensitive and idealistic (in W. James opposed to tough-minded, adj.). Also absol. as n.

Capable of or liable to emotional response. Cf. sensitive, adj. 4. Capable of delicate or tender feeling; compassionate, tender-hearted. Cf. sensib…

Characterized by or exhibiting great spirit, vigour, or tension. Now chiefly: = highly strung adj. at highly, adv. compounds.

Soft, tender, nice, effeminate.

Very susceptible to, or readily affected by, emotional or aesthetic impressions; possessing delicate or tender feelings; having sensibility. Also…

Of persons, their dispositions and actions: Characterized by sentiment. Originally in favourable sense: Characterized by or exhibiting refined and…

Full of soul or feeling; of a highly emotional, spiritual, or aesthetic nature; expressing or evoking deep emotion. Also: displaying such qualities…

Tender-hearted, soft-hearted.