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tenderness
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Compare the vast difference in scope and beauty between his neat and witty little Classical_Symphony and his big , muscular , passionate , and eloquent Fifth_Symphony ; or the Love_for_Three_Oranges ( gay as it is ) with the wonderful , imaginative , colorful , and subtle tenderness of the magnificent ballet , The Stone_Flower . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a positive feeling of liking
Examples "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt" "the child won everyone's heart" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
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[ noun ] (medicine) a pain that is felt when the area is touched
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[ noun ] an uncomfortable feeling in some part of the body
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