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Antonyms for tenderer
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ten-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dər |
Definition of tenderer
Origin :- "soft, easily injured," early 13c., from Old French tendre "soft, delicate, tender" (11c.), from Latin tenerem (nominative tener) "soft, delicate, of tender age," from PIE *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). Meaning "kind, affectionate, loving" first recorded c.1300. Meaning "having the delicacy of youth, immature" is attested from early 14c. Tender-hearted first recorded 1530s.
- adj fragile, soft
- adj young, inexperienced
- adj affectionate, loving
- adj painful, sore
- The Bull was still to be enforced, but the Pope's ear was tenderer to the survivors.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- A man with tenderer nerves than Foyle would have found it a startling journey.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- Never did one arise from a warmer, a tenderer, or a purer heart.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- When we are moved, we are more alive; we are stronger, tenderer, nobler.
- Extract from : « Education and the Higher Life » by J. L. Spalding
- These words seemed to freeze at once all the tenderer emotions of Ursula.
- Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- Her reply was tenderer than she knew, for now he still further appealed to her.
- Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris
- The slower it boils, the better it will look, and the tenderer it will be.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
- These things insensibly make us wiser and tenderer, and better.
- Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
- The musings of Deerfoot took a daintier, softer, tenderer tint.
- Extract from : « Deerfoot in The Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- Garth never took his eyes from her; but she was tenderer with the patient than he could have been.
- Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
Synonyms for tenderer
- aching
- acute
- all heart
- amorous
- benevolent
- bleeding-heart
- breakable
- bruised
- callow
- caring
- charitable
- childish
- childlike
- commiserative
- compassionate
- considerate
- dainty
- delicate
- demonstrative
- effete
- emotional
- evocative
- feeble
- fond
- forgiving
- frail
- gentle
- green
- humane
- hypersensitive
- immature
- impressionable
- inflamed
- irritated
- kind
- lenient
- lovey-dovey
- merciful
- mild
- moving
- mushy
- new
- oversensitive
- poignant
- raw
- responsive
- romantic
- rookie
- sensitive
- sentimental
- smarting
- soft
- softhearted
- solicitous
- supple
- sympathetic
- tenderhearted
- thin-skinned
- thoughtful
- ticklish
- tolerant
- touching
- touchy
- unripe
- vernal
- vulnerable
- warm
- warmhearted
- weak
- wet behind the ears
- yielding
- youthful
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