"tenderness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛn.dɚ.nɪs/ [General-American], /ˈtɛn.də.nɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-tenderness.ogg Forms: tendernesses [plural]
Etymology: From tender + -ness. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tender|-ness}} tender + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tenderness (countable and uncountable, plural tendernesses)
  1. A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings): حنان (ḥanān) [masculine] (Arabic), حنية (ḥiniyya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), нежност (nežnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), грижовност (grižovnost) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tendresa [feminine] (Catalan), tenero (Esperanto), õrnus (Estonian), lempeys (Finnish), tendresse [feminine] (French), tenrura [feminine] (Galician), Zärtlichkeit [feminine] (German), armacas [masculine] (Irish), tenerezza [feminine] (Italian), 優しさ (yasashisa) (english: objective amount or degree) (Japanese), 優しみ (yasashimi) (english: subjective amount or degree) (Japanese), Zäertlechkeet [feminine] (Luxembourgish), czułość [feminine] (Polish), ternura [feminine] (Portuguese), tandrețe [feminine] (Romanian), не́жность (néžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), nežnosť [feminine] (Slovak), neha [feminine] (Slovak), ternura [feminine] (Spanish), ömhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A concern for the feelings or welfare of others. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (concern for the feelings or welfare of others): състрадание (sǎstradanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lempeys (Finnish), grijă [feminine] (Romanian), prudență [feminine] (Romanian), забо́тливость (zabótlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), чу́ткость (čútkostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ömhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  3. (medicine, pathology) A pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Pathology Translations (pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched): чувстви́телност (čuvstvítelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gevoeligheid [feminine] (Dutch), arkuus (Finnish), sensibilitate [feminine] (Romanian), чувстви́тельность (čuvstvítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ömhet [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (softness of food when chewing): мекота (mekota) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ngaoretanga (Maori)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tendernesse [obsolete] Derived forms: rebound tenderness

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чувстви́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ömhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mekota",
      "sense": "softness of food when chewing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мекота"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "softness of food when chewing",
      "word": "ngaoretanga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenderness"
}

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