tender
24
3.4
- adjective
- /ˈtɛndər/
:
doloroso
- I stumbled into the kitchen for some coffee, my feet tender and swollen from last night's escapade.
- swollen and tender
- tender to palpation
- tender mass
I bruise the way the most secreted, most tender part of a thigh exposed purples, then Blues.
- I bruise the way the most secreted, most tender part of a thigh exposed purples, then Blues.
- Now, just like your ears and your nose and other tender parts of your body can get frostbite when exposed to cold weather, so can your fruit trees.
- Only one pair of hands remained and these she felt touching the tenderest flesh around her.
- I'm just wanking men off and my chest muscles are so tender.
- On the other hand, a chalazion looks like a large kind of non tender mass growing on the eyelid.
- Because I've seen nails go through wood at right angles to show up and enter your tender flesh.
- Dobby gripped the tender balls of The Boy Who Lived and whispered.
- If, if, if if I get some fingies on top of my tender skull, I turn into an exoskeleton.
Examples
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The joints tend to be swollen and warm and red and tender to the touch and very painful.
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After the workout, my muscles felt especially tender and sore.
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Still a little tender here.
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The new skin is the most tender.
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With failing teeth and a tender stomach, food has only recently become a concern.
Fiction book (1994) -
Dr. Sheldrake says I have very tender gums.
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Initially, the swelling was painless, but it had become acutely tender during the preceding week.
Academic text (2003) -
My elbows and cheeks felt tender, buzzing dull currents of pain to my brain.
Fiction book (1995) -
He winced when I touched his tender arm, indicating it was still healing.
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The doctor examined my tender spots and noted the inflammation in my joints.
Synonyms
737
1.0
Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset
217
2.7
Able to feel small physical changes, pain, or touch
192
1.0
Having pain in a part of the body when touched
76
1.0
Feeling physical pain after an accident or attack
46
3.8
Painful red skin caused by rubbing or being hurt
6
4.3
Hot, swollen, red, and often painful because of injury or infection
1
7.9
Skin that is sore or raw from rubbing
1
8.7
Feeling sore and in pain after a fall or bump
Hurts a little, for example after a small scrape
Skin that is sore and red from rubbing against clothes
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
2
2.5
Gentle, careful help and attention people give to someone or something that needs support
How Painful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tender meaning easily hurt or sore comes from the same Latin tener 'soft', so a part of the body that is 'tender' is 'soft' and sensitive to touch or pain.