Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having great sensibility; susceptible.
- Very susceptible of the softer passions of love, pity, or kindness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive.
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- adjective Alternative form of
tenderhearted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective easily moved to love
- adjective easily moved by another's distress
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Examples
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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).
Jim Wallis: Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season Jim Wallis 2010
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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).
Jim Wallis: Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season Jim Wallis 2010
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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.
Andrew Wilkes: Tough Minds And Tender Hearts: An Open Letter To Young Clergy Andrew Wilkes 2011
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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).
Jim Wallis: Seven Steps to Civility This Election Season Jim Wallis 2010
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Tough but tender-hearted, independent, disappointed but never needy.
Cool Is as Cool Was Henry Allen 2011
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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.
Andrew Wilkes: Tough Minds And Tender Hearts: An Open Letter To Young Clergy Andrew Wilkes 2011
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Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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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.
Enchanted Gardens, Wherever You Look Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Recovering From Religious Abuse Jack Watts 2011
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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."
Modernism's Austrian Rebels Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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