Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having great sensibility; susceptible.
- Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity, or kindness.
Wiktionary
- adj. Alternative form of tenderhearted.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. easily moved to love
- adj. easily moved by another's distress
Examples
“Yet the tender-hearted may not be able to avoid a pang of sympathy, even for the bland and featureless mussel, when they learn how the sea star does its killing.”
The Wall Street Journal: Enchanted Gardens, Wherever You Look
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”
“When politicians narrowly define national priorities and economists ignore those who are willing but unable to obtain housing, healthcare, and decent wages, tender-hearted clergy draw a wider circle -- one that insists on equity and economic productivity, in America and abroad.”
The Huffington Post: Andrew Wilkes: Tough Minds And Tender Hearts: An Open Letter To Young Clergy
“Tough but tender-hearted, independent, disappointed but never needy.”
“Hours later, when nearly 400 bodies had been removed from the smoldering ruin, the policeman heading the recovery operation reported to the emperor's famously tender-hearted cousin, Archduke Albrecht, "All saved, Your Imperial Highness.”
“We came together to urge those who claim the name of Christ to "put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you" (Ephesians 4: 31-32).”
The Huffington Post: Jim Wallis: Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season
“It's really an achievement, when you stop to think of it, for Mr. Damon to switch from tough-as-nails Jason Bourne to tender-hearted Benjamin Mee, but he makes the transition look effortless.”
The Wall Street Journal: 'Tattoo': Raw, Rousing and Rather Redundant
“Instead, God's love sent tender-hearted volunteers to minister to those in need.”
The Huffington Post: Mike MacIntosh: God's Love Was At Ground Zero
“Rick Perry may think evolution is "a theory that's out there" and it's "got some gaps in it," but his movement from a can-do job-creating, armed criminal-killer to an earnestly tender-hearted fetus-defender is more than just a theory, and it has very few gaps.”
The Guardian: Rick Perry's election evolution: versions 1.0 through 4.0 | Ana Marie Cox
“For the tender-hearted, this can be a psychological mine field while self-righteous bullies reign unchallenged.”
The Huffington Post: Judith Johnson: Spending Holidays With 'Loved Ones' Who Aren't Very Nice To You
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tender-hearted’.
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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just words.
coquette, solecism, peripherally, recrudescence, viscid, turpitude, sententious, light-heeled, interminably, unflappable, palpably, solicitous and 215 more...
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describe me
charming, afectionate, addictive, selfless, patience, drastic, fond, light-heeled, fragrant, delicate, care-free, natural and 95 more...
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Some Hearty Words
after one’s own h..., hearted, heart-shaped, heartily, hearty, heartfelt, heartwarming, heartsome, heartthrob, heartstrings, heart-stirring, heart-root and 121 more...
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