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tender feeling

NOUN

sentiment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attitude bias feeling idea opinion passion position tendency thought view

STRONG

affect conception conviction disposition emotionalism eye inclination inclining judgment leaning mind partiality penchant persuasion posture predilection propensity romanticism sensibility sentimentality slant softheartedness tenderness

WEAK

affectivity hearts and flowers overemotionalism way of thinking

Antonyms

STRONGEST

concrete thing

STRONG

antipathy disbelief disinclination disinterest dislike hate hatred indifference

Example Sentences

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Stead’s use of charcoal, pastel and crayon adds to the quiet, tender feeling that suffuses the collection.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

But she said those fears were assuaged, in part, by the tender feeling of “looking at the two of them, with their similar eyebrows and their sweet faces.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2015

But for all his constitutive misanthropy, Turner harbors a strain of tender feeling that reveals itself at odd times.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2014

"Dysfunctional" would fairly well sum it up, but dysfunctional in a way that is creatively fruitful and suffused with tender feeling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2014

Too soon it was over, leaving me with a tender feeling in my chest and a vague prickling in my eyes.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

tender feeling

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