tenderness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
Types & categories
- affectionateness hypernym
Related & opposite
- fond derivation
Sense 2 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
Types & categories
- pain hypernym
- chafing hyponym
- rebound tenderness hyponym
- chafe hyponym
Related & opposite
- raw derivation
- sore derivation
- untoughened derivation
Sense 3 noun
warm compassionate feelings
Types & categories
- compassion hypernym
Related & opposite
- tenderhearted derivation
- tenderhearted derivation
- tender derivation
Sense 4 noun
a positive feeling of liking
he had trouble expressing the affection he felt
Types & categories
- feeling hypernym
- attachment hyponym
- protectiveness hyponym
- regard hyponym
- soft spot hyponym
Related & opposite
- fond derivation
- warm derivation
- hearty derivation
- warmhearted derivation
Sense 5 noun
a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
Types & categories
- concern hypernym
Related & opposite
- soft-boiled derivation
- tender derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fond |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | affectionateness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | raw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sore |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | untoughened |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chafing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rebound tenderness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chafe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenderhearted |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenderhearted |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tender |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | compassion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fond |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | warm |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hearty |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | warmhearted |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | feeling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | attachment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | protectiveness |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | regard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft spot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | soft-boiled |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tender |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | concern |