adj
Meaning 1
Compassionate for another's distress.
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Standard Lemma guide
tenderhearted
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adj
Meaning 2
Easily moved to love.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
easily moved by another's distress- W.M.Thackeray
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a noble tenderhearted creature who sympathizes with all the human race
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
easily moved to love
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology
From tender + hearted.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: състрадателен (sǎstradatelen) — compassionate
- Bulgarian: милостив (milostiv) — compassionate
- Ancient Greek: εὔσπλαγχνος (eúsplankhnos) — compassionate
- Irish: maothchroíoch — compassionate
- Latin: misericors — compassionate
- Polish: kochliwy — compassionate
- Spanish: enamoradizo — compassionate