tender-hearted
Soft in feeling
Tender-hearted describes someone easily moved to compassion, sympathy, or sadness.
A tender-hearted person feels others' pain acutely and responds with gentleness: She was too tender-hearted to watch the news.
The word suggests emotional sensitivity as a virtue, though it can imply vulnerability to manipulation or excessive softness.
Feeling others' emotions
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- pityingFeeling sorrow for another
- charitableGiving to those needing
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
philanthropic · generous · forgiving · lenient · gracious · benevolent · altruistic · selfless
Feeling deep affection
- caringShowing kind concern
- warmModerately heated, or friendly
- gentleSoft and kind
- devotedLoyally and lovingly attached
fond · adoring · doting · cherishing · attentive · nurturing · warmhearted · good-natured
Mental comprehension of something
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- insightfulHaving penetrating discernment
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
attuned · feeling · connected · receptive · supportive · responsive · considerate · thoughtful
Easily affected emotionally
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
susceptible · thin-skinned · unguarded · trusting · innocent · naive · guileless · defenseless
sympathetic
Feeling others' emotions
- mercifulDisposed toward forgiveness
- pityingFeeling sorrow for another
- charitableGiving to those needing
humanitarian · philanthropic · generous · forgiving · lenient · gracious · benevolent · altruistic · selfless · kindhearted
loving
Feeling deep affection
devoted · fond · adoring · doting · cherishing · attentive · nurturing · warmhearted · good-natured · sentimental
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- insightfulHaving penetrating discernment
sensitive · attuned · feeling · connected · receptive · supportive · responsive · considerate · thoughtful
sensitive
Easily affected emotionally
impressionable · susceptible · thin-skinned · unguarded · trusting · innocent · naive · guileless · defenseless
- ___-hearted words
- lovingloving, adoring, affectionate, amorous, caring
- gentlenessgentleness, mildness, softness, meekness, delicacy
tender-heartedhard-hearted
Lacking sympathy or mercy
hardhearted · cold-hearted · heartless · callous · cruel
tender-heartedtough
Durable and strong
hardened · steely · thick-skinned · hard-boiled · hard-nosed