单词 | tenderness |
释义 | tenderness (once / 282 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY tenderness: tendernesses+/tend: tended, tendency, tender, tending, tends/tended: untended/tendency: tendencies, tendencious, tendentious/tendentious: tendentiously, tendentiousness/tender: tendered, tenderer, tenderest, tendering, tenderise, tenderize, tenderized, tenderly, tenderness, tenders/tenderise: tenderisation, tenderised, tenderiser/tenderize: tenderization, tenderizer, tenderizes, tenderizing/tenderizer: tenderizers/tending: tendings USAGE EXAMPLES“He was very drawn to Sterne’s combination of humor and tenderness.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Watson tells this story with such tenderness, sensitivity and grace, at times I just wanted to weep. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Or braise the vegetable, gently muting the flavor as it cooks to sweet tenderness, alongside potatoes and other cold-weather vegetables. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1 1n warm compassionate feelings Syn|Hyper tenderheartedness compassion, compassionateness a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering 2n a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) Syn|Hyper softheartedness concern a feeling of sympathy for someone or something 3n a positive feeling of liking Syn|Hypo|Hyper affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness attachment, fond regard a feeling of affection for a person or an institution protectivenessa feeling of protective affection regard, respecta feeling of friendship and esteem soft spota sentimental affection feeling the experiencing of affective and emotional states 4n a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling 2Hyper affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper rawness, soreness chafing soreness or irritation of the skin caused by friction rebound tendernesspain felt when a hand pressing on the abdomen is suddenly released; a symptom of peritoneal inflammation chafesoreness and warmth caused by friction intertrigochafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs) hurting, pain a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
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