1. tenderness

noun. ['ˈtɛndɝnəs'] a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling.

Rhymes with Tenderness

• abruptness
• absoluteness
• acuteness
• adonis
• aggressiveness
• agribusiness
• airworthiness
• alertness
• aloofness
• alumnus
• anise
• anus
• appropriateness
• arbitrariness
• assertiveness
• astuteness
• attentiveness
• attractiveness
• awareness
• awfulness

Sentences with tenderness

1. Noun, singular or mass
Steam the apple slices for five minutes or until they reach the desired tenderness.

Quotes about tenderness

1. I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
- Edward Gibbon

2. The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands.
- Carolyn Forché, The Country Between Us

3. Do you know what it means to come home at night to a woman who'll give you a little love, a little affection, a little tenderness? It means you're in the wrong house, that's what it means.
- Henny Youngman

2. tenderness

noun. ['ˈtɛndɝnəs'] warm compassionate feelings.

3. tenderness

noun. ['ˈtɛndɝnəs'] a positive feeling of liking.

4. tenderness

noun. ['ˈtɛndɝnəs'] a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless).

5. tenderness

noun. ['ˈtɛndɝnəs'] a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched).