tendernesses
Acts of caring
Tendernesses is the plural of tenderness—instances or expressions of gentle feeling, care, or affection.
The plural appears when distinguishing separate moments or types: the small tendernesses of daily life, She remembered his tendernesses toward the children.
It emphasizes tenderness as countable acts rather than a general quality.
Soft, kind demeanor
- softnessYielding to gentle pressure
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- warmthHeat you feel
- caringShowing kind concern
lovingness · sweetness · endearments · caresses · embraces · nurturing · devotion · attachment
Unrefined or exposed state
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- achingExperiencing dull pain
- bruisingCausing tissue discoloration
fragility · woundedness · exposure · openness · defenselessness · susceptibility · delicateness · touchiness
Yielding to gentle pressure
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- yieldingBending under pressure
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- mushinessSoft, pulpy quality
squishiness · delicacy · texture · meat · cooking · marinating · braising · filet
gentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
caring · lovingness · sweetness · endearments · caresses · embraces · nurturing · devotion · attachment · intimacy
rawness
Unrefined or exposed state
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- achingExperiencing dull pain
bruising · fragility · woundedness · exposure · openness · defenselessness · susceptibility · delicateness · touchiness · painfulness
softness
Yielding to gentle pressure
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- yieldingBending under pressure
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
mushiness · squishiness · delicacy · texture · meat · cooking · marinating · braising · filet · veal
tendernessescruelties
Harsh, harmful acts
brutalities · meannesses · severities · unkindnesses · hostilities
tendernesseshardnesses
Qualities of being firm
toughnesses · roughnesses · rigidities · coarsenesses · firmnesses
tendernessesindifferences
Absences of interest
hostilities · detachments · animosities · apathies · disregards
- breast tendernessSore chest tissue
- meat tendernessSoftness of animal flesh