tenderness

tenderness englannista suomeksi

1. hellyys

2. hellyydenosoitus, hellä tunne

3. aristavuus

0. Substantiivi

1. lempeys

2. arkuus

tenderness englanniksi

1. a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings

''When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.''

2. 1853, (w), ''(w)''

I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen.

3. concern for the feelings or welfare of others

''When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.''

4. pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched

''He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.''