ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tenderhearted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Tenderhearted is an adjective meaning Compassionate for another's distress.

Meaning

Compassionate for another's distress.

More Meanings

  1. Easily moved to love.

Example Sentences

I am tender-hearted by nature, and have found my eyes moist many a time over the scream of a wounded hare.
The other patients in the ward, all but the Texan, shrank from him with a tenderhearted aversion from the moment they set eyes on him the morning after the night he had been sneaked in.

Synonyms for tenderhearted

Depending on context, synonyms include compassionate, loving.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compassionate, loving, tender-hearted, tenderful, tender-minded, condolent.

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