Antonyms for tenderer


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ten-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn dər


Definition of tenderer

Origin :
  • "soft, easily injured," early 13c., from Old French tendre "soft, delicate, tender" (11c.), from Latin tenerem (nominative tener) "soft, delicate, of tender age," from PIE *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). Meaning "kind, affectionate, loving" first recorded c.1300. Meaning "having the delicacy of youth, immature" is attested from early 14c. Tender-hearted first recorded 1530s.
  • adj fragile, soft
  • adj young, inexperienced
  • adj affectionate, loving
  • adj painful, sore
Example sentences :
  • The Bull was still to be enforced, but the Pope's ear was tenderer to the survivors.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • A man with tenderer nerves than Foyle would have found it a startling journey.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • Never did one arise from a warmer, a tenderer, or a purer heart.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • When we are moved, we are more alive; we are stronger, tenderer, nobler.
  • Extract from : « Education and the Higher Life » by J. L. Spalding
  • These words seemed to freeze at once all the tenderer emotions of Ursula.
  • Extract from : « Rienzi » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • Her reply was tenderer than she knew, for now he still further appealed to her.
  • Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris
  • The slower it boils, the better it will look, and the tenderer it will be.
  • Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
  • These things insensibly make us wiser and tenderer, and better.
  • Extract from : « The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories » by Mark Twain
  • The musings of Deerfoot took a daintier, softer, tenderer tint.
  • Extract from : « Deerfoot in The Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Garth never took his eyes from her; but she was tenderer with the patient than he could have been.
  • Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner

Synonyms for tenderer

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