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Definition of tenderness in English: tendernessnoun ˈtɛndənəsˈtendərnəs mass noun1Gentleness and kindness; kindliness. he picked her up in his arms with great tenderness Example sentencesExamples - But since there was no word of tenderness or regret, I simply said, "Don't bother," and made up my mind I'd never see him again.
- Gentle percussion best elicits rebound tenderness.
- I've never seen an equine vendor played with such a vulnerable tenderness.
- He conducts with drama, tenderness, and imagination, and he doesn't distort or sensationalize the music.
- Music, like a small act of tenderness, aids romance and is certainly used in one way or another by most of us.
- Love, danger, drugs, family, violence and tenderness power the drama.
- He mixes tenderness with directness and a lack of sentimentality.
- Almost entirely sung through, the contemporary score mixes both vaudevillian frivolity and heartfelt tenderness seamlessly.
- Although tenderness and lyrical moments were well present, the conception felt mostly sturdy; the weight of history and reverence on its shoulders here as in the other movements.
- With a sudden, surprising gentle and tenderness, she smoothed the cream on his hand with careful precision.
- He felt that what we really scared of, what really puts the fear of bloody god into us and we'll run miles to avoid, is our tenderness and vulnerability.
- She soon established a studio that was crowded with visitors, not only to attend classes, but also to see her, seeking comfort, looking for happiness, tenderness and hope.
- Tenderness, a sign of vulnerability, is so feared that it is showered on women with verbal abuse and blows.
- They pre-date the band's signing to Rough Trade and have a ramshackle charm, tenderness and vitality that can never be matched in a studio recording.
- Cruz gives a stoical performance that brings some tenderness to what is essentially a rather uncomfortably melancholic melodrama.
- Every member also is given a word that represents his or her most angelic quality, such as "joy," " peace, " " tenderness, " and so on.
- She also infuses warmth and a kind of tenderness into them even as they let their hair down on the dance floor.
- True, it's not a joyful film, but it was made with such tenderness, insight, and humanity.
- The family gave him the safety and tenderness that hospitals cannot give.
Synonyms affection, fondness, love, devotion, loving-kindness, emotion, sentiment, sentimentality, emotionalism kindness, kindliness, kind-heartedness, soft-heartedness, softness, tender-heartedness, compassion, compassionateness, care, concern, sympathy, warmth, warm-heartedness, fatherliness, motherliness, gentleness, benevolence, generosity, humaneness succulence, juiciness, softness sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness ache, aching, smarting, throbbing, irritation, bruising - 1.1 Feelings of deep affection.
tenderness for the opposite sex Example sentencesExamples - He stole the tenderness in her lips with fierce lust, not even closing the door before he began clawing at his belt.
- When the song ended, they remained in a hug for that extra moment of tenderness.
- As much tenderness as he felt for her, he did not verbalize his feelings and thoughts.
- There are one or two ladies he refers to with special tenderness, but he remains unmarried.
- His dark blue eyes gazed solemnly into hers, windows of tenderness.
- There is silence in the awe of their powerful tenderness.
- With a single drawn-out look of longing, Cserhalmi conveys an unworldly tenderness with his deeply penetrating eyes.
- Thus the figures in the Glasgow painting seem to be subtly caught between grief, tenderness, and adoration.
- In exquisite tenderness the passionate embrace, climbing higher towards ecstasy.
- And you know, in there with the queasy grin fuel and crosseyed party favours are some special, secret moments of touching tenderness.
- Something in his voice caused me to raise my eyes to his, finding there a tenderness I had not expected.
- She looked at him, and felt a wave of tenderness.
- The recurrence of the word "tranquility" suggests sensibility's modulated tone: it demanded tears, not sobs; tenderness, rather than emotional storms.
- So looking back in tenderness along the road we trod, we will cherish the time we had with our dear sister, Ruby, and leave the rest to God.
- I laughed with delight and laid my hand along his cheek, smiling at him as a sudden wave of tenderness swept me.
- Positively, God exercises his sanctifying power in us in order to lovingly and with much tenderness draw us close to his heart.
- The way he evoked in stone such tenderness in the faces of Mary and Jesus is incredible.
- He built the tenderness up slowly and carefully, until its consummation delivered a powerful emotional payoff.
- She held his sun-bronzed face between her hands, and gazed into his dark eyes with infinite tenderness.
- This looked at the ups and downs of togetherness, from the tenderness of a long term Relationship, to the loss of a loved one.
Synonyms affection, fondness, love, devotion, loving-kindness, emotion, sentiment, sentimentality, emotionalism
2Sensitivity to pain; soreness. Example sentencesExamples - Other side effects may occur including headaches, weight gain, nausea, breast tenderness, and depression.
- On physical examination, tenderness over the pubic symphysis is usually present, and lack of such tenderness usually excludes the diagnosis.
- Palpation of the Achilles tendon often elicits tenderness along the tendon.
- Patients with right upper quadrant tenderness require an abdominal ultrasound.
- Bacterial prostatitis is diagnosed by a rectal examination, which reveals the acute tenderness of the gland.
- Parents recorded redness, swelling, and tenderness in a diary for three days after immunisation.
- Breast tenderness is often one of the very first signs of pregnancy that women experience.
- Recurrent medial joint line pain, instability, and tenderness may indicate a chronic medial meniscal tear or osteoarthritis.
- Tenderness is the main finding in disease of this area.
- The patient walked with a normal gait, and there was no tenderness on percussion of the lumbar spine.
- Note any drainage, redness, swelling or tenderness at exit site or along the tract.
- The physical examination reveals tenderness of the distal biceps tendon that increases with resisted flexion and supination.
- Such rebound tenderness is a sign of peritoneal irritation.
- The hand and wrist should be palpated to localize the tenderness to a specific location.
- The abdomen was soft with mild right upper quadrant tenderness on deep palpation.
- Her extremities revealed no clubbing, cyanosis, edema, and no calf or thigh tenderness.
- Possible side effects Breast tenderness, headaches, skin irritation.
- There was no tenderness on bony palpation over the paranasal sinuses.
- If the part of the body corresponding to the reflex area is out of balance then a degree of tenderness will be felt in the foot when pressure is applied.
- It is very important for you to decide if superficial tenderness has its origin in the abdominal wall or in the intra-abdominal viscera.
Synonyms sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness 3The quality of being easy to cut or chew; succulence. steak braised to perfect tenderness in a red-wine-and-brandy sauce Example sentencesExamples - Extensive consumer evaluation has demonstrated that tenderness is the most important characteristic in determining the level of satisfaction reported for cooked beef products.
- The natural flavour and tenderness of the salmon is not smothered and the combination is far more manageable.
- At this stage, the tenderness of meat can also be influenced by breaking it down physically.
- The stars of her kitchen are her sauces, created by first seasoning and browning the meat, then letting it cook down slowly to exquisite tenderness in a rich brown sauce.
- Increasing tenderness of beef would likely increase consumer demand for beef.
- I can't vouch for their tenderness, as compared to other raw peas I've had in the past.
- To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours.
- What is most important is the tenderness of the meat.
- An anionic diet fed to steers did not alter plasma or muscle calcium concentrations or striploin steak tenderness.
- These genes can be manipulated and used to predict meat quality, tenderness, fat contact, milk yield and disease resistance.
- When the pasta is cooked to the tenderness you prefer, drain it in a sieve and tip into the pan of tomatoes.
- Breeding cows for beef is often slow because the qualities of a top-grade cut, marbling and tenderness, are unknown until after a cow is slaughtered.
- In this dish, the veal is served in a broth-rich pot with the beef cooked to an ideal tenderness.
- Beef processors have numerous techniques they can use to influence beef product tenderness including aging and various methods of mechanical tenderizing.
- The steak was grilled to perfection, yet retaining its juicy tenderness.
Synonyms succulence, juiciness, softness Definition of tenderness in US English: tendernessnounˈtendərnəs 1Gentleness and kindness. he picked her up in his arms with great tenderness Example sentencesExamples - But since there was no word of tenderness or regret, I simply said, "Don't bother," and made up my mind I'd never see him again.
- I've never seen an equine vendor played with such a vulnerable tenderness.
- The family gave him the safety and tenderness that hospitals cannot give.
- They pre-date the band's signing to Rough Trade and have a ramshackle charm, tenderness and vitality that can never be matched in a studio recording.
- Every member also is given a word that represents his or her most angelic quality, such as "joy," " peace, " " tenderness, " and so on.
- He mixes tenderness with directness and a lack of sentimentality.
- She also infuses warmth and a kind of tenderness into them even as they let their hair down on the dance floor.
- She soon established a studio that was crowded with visitors, not only to attend classes, but also to see her, seeking comfort, looking for happiness, tenderness and hope.
- Cruz gives a stoical performance that brings some tenderness to what is essentially a rather uncomfortably melancholic melodrama.
- Gentle percussion best elicits rebound tenderness.
- With a sudden, surprising gentle and tenderness, she smoothed the cream on his hand with careful precision.
- He felt that what we really scared of, what really puts the fear of bloody god into us and we'll run miles to avoid, is our tenderness and vulnerability.
- He conducts with drama, tenderness, and imagination, and he doesn't distort or sensationalize the music.
- Although tenderness and lyrical moments were well present, the conception felt mostly sturdy; the weight of history and reverence on its shoulders here as in the other movements.
- Almost entirely sung through, the contemporary score mixes both vaudevillian frivolity and heartfelt tenderness seamlessly.
- True, it's not a joyful film, but it was made with such tenderness, insight, and humanity.
- Love, danger, drugs, family, violence and tenderness power the drama.
- Music, like a small act of tenderness, aids romance and is certainly used in one way or another by most of us.
- Tenderness, a sign of vulnerability, is so feared that it is showered on women with verbal abuse and blows.
Synonyms kindness, kindliness, kind-heartedness, soft-heartedness, softness, tender-heartedness, compassion, compassionateness, care, concern, sympathy, warmth, warm-heartedness, fatherliness, motherliness, gentleness, benevolence, generosity, humaneness affection, fondness, love, devotion, loving-kindness, emotion, sentiment, sentimentality, emotionalism sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness succulence, juiciness, softness - 1.1 Feelings of deep affection; devotion.
tenderness for the opposite sex Example sentencesExamples - There is silence in the awe of their powerful tenderness.
- And you know, in there with the queasy grin fuel and crosseyed party favours are some special, secret moments of touching tenderness.
- When the song ended, they remained in a hug for that extra moment of tenderness.
- In exquisite tenderness the passionate embrace, climbing higher towards ecstasy.
- I laughed with delight and laid my hand along his cheek, smiling at him as a sudden wave of tenderness swept me.
- As much tenderness as he felt for her, he did not verbalize his feelings and thoughts.
- This looked at the ups and downs of togetherness, from the tenderness of a long term Relationship, to the loss of a loved one.
- She looked at him, and felt a wave of tenderness.
- His dark blue eyes gazed solemnly into hers, windows of tenderness.
- She held his sun-bronzed face between her hands, and gazed into his dark eyes with infinite tenderness.
- So looking back in tenderness along the road we trod, we will cherish the time we had with our dear sister, Ruby, and leave the rest to God.
- There are one or two ladies he refers to with special tenderness, but he remains unmarried.
- With a single drawn-out look of longing, Cserhalmi conveys an unworldly tenderness with his deeply penetrating eyes.
- He stole the tenderness in her lips with fierce lust, not even closing the door before he began clawing at his belt.
- Thus the figures in the Glasgow painting seem to be subtly caught between grief, tenderness, and adoration.
- The way he evoked in stone such tenderness in the faces of Mary and Jesus is incredible.
- He built the tenderness up slowly and carefully, until its consummation delivered a powerful emotional payoff.
- The recurrence of the word "tranquility" suggests sensibility's modulated tone: it demanded tears, not sobs; tenderness, rather than emotional storms.
- Positively, God exercises his sanctifying power in us in order to lovingly and with much tenderness draw us close to his heart.
- Something in his voice caused me to raise my eyes to his, finding there a tenderness I had not expected.
Synonyms affection, fondness, love, devotion, loving-kindness, emotion, sentiment, sentimentality, emotionalism
2Sensitivity to pain. Example sentencesExamples - On physical examination, tenderness over the pubic symphysis is usually present, and lack of such tenderness usually excludes the diagnosis.
- Such rebound tenderness is a sign of peritoneal irritation.
- The physical examination reveals tenderness of the distal biceps tendon that increases with resisted flexion and supination.
- Patients with right upper quadrant tenderness require an abdominal ultrasound.
- The abdomen was soft with mild right upper quadrant tenderness on deep palpation.
- Her extremities revealed no clubbing, cyanosis, edema, and no calf or thigh tenderness.
- Recurrent medial joint line pain, instability, and tenderness may indicate a chronic medial meniscal tear or osteoarthritis.
- Bacterial prostatitis is diagnosed by a rectal examination, which reveals the acute tenderness of the gland.
- Parents recorded redness, swelling, and tenderness in a diary for three days after immunisation.
- Other side effects may occur including headaches, weight gain, nausea, breast tenderness, and depression.
- Note any drainage, redness, swelling or tenderness at exit site or along the tract.
- Palpation of the Achilles tendon often elicits tenderness along the tendon.
- The hand and wrist should be palpated to localize the tenderness to a specific location.
- There was no tenderness on bony palpation over the paranasal sinuses.
- Breast tenderness is often one of the very first signs of pregnancy that women experience.
- It is very important for you to decide if superficial tenderness has its origin in the abdominal wall or in the intra-abdominal viscera.
- Possible side effects Breast tenderness, headaches, skin irritation.
- Tenderness is the main finding in disease of this area.
- The patient walked with a normal gait, and there was no tenderness on percussion of the lumbar spine.
- If the part of the body corresponding to the reflex area is out of balance then a degree of tenderness will be felt in the foot when pressure is applied.
Synonyms sensitivity to pain, soreness, painfulness, inflammation, rawness 3The quality of being easy to cut or chew; succulence. steak braised to perfect tenderness in a red-wine-and-brandy sauce Example sentencesExamples - Beef processors have numerous techniques they can use to influence beef product tenderness including aging and various methods of mechanical tenderizing.
- To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours.
- The steak was grilled to perfection, yet retaining its juicy tenderness.
- The stars of her kitchen are her sauces, created by first seasoning and browning the meat, then letting it cook down slowly to exquisite tenderness in a rich brown sauce.
- Breeding cows for beef is often slow because the qualities of a top-grade cut, marbling and tenderness, are unknown until after a cow is slaughtered.
- When the pasta is cooked to the tenderness you prefer, drain it in a sieve and tip into the pan of tomatoes.
- At this stage, the tenderness of meat can also be influenced by breaking it down physically.
- What is most important is the tenderness of the meat.
- Increasing tenderness of beef would likely increase consumer demand for beef.
- Extensive consumer evaluation has demonstrated that tenderness is the most important characteristic in determining the level of satisfaction reported for cooked beef products.
- These genes can be manipulated and used to predict meat quality, tenderness, fat contact, milk yield and disease resistance.
- The natural flavour and tenderness of the salmon is not smothered and the combination is far more manageable.
- In this dish, the veal is served in a broth-rich pot with the beef cooked to an ideal tenderness.
- I can't vouch for their tenderness, as compared to other raw peas I've had in the past.
- An anionic diet fed to steers did not alter plasma or muscle calcium concentrations or striploin steak tenderness.
Synonyms succulence, juiciness, softness |