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| Main Entry: |
tenderhearted
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tender |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, all heart, benevolent, bleeding heart, caring, charitable, compassionate, considerate, emotional, forgiving, gentle, humane, kind, kindhearted, lenient, loving, merciful, mushy, sensitive, sentimental, soft, softhearted, sweet, sympathetic, thoughtful, understanding, warm, warmhearted |
| Main Entry: | warm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly, kind |
| Synonyms: | affable, affectionate, amiable, amorous, ardent, cheerful, compassionate, cordial, empathetic, fervent, genial, gracious, happy, heartfelt, hearty, hospitable, kindhearted, kindly, loving, pleasant, responsive, sincere, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, warmhearted, wholehearted |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cold, cool, uncaring, unfeeling, unfriendly, unkind |
| Main Entry: | amative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affectionate |
| Synonyms: | amatory, amorous, anacreontic, ardent, brotherly, doting, enamored, erotic, fervent, fervid, impassioned, indulgent, loving, overindulgent, sisterly, tender, warm |
| Antonyms: | platonic |
| Main Entry: | crazy about |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic about |
| Synonyms: | enamored of, enthusiastic, fascinated, keen on, loving, wild about |
| Main Entry: | motherly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caring |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, careful, caretaking, comforting, devoted, fond, gentle, kind, loving, maternal, nurturing, protecting, protective, sheltering, supporting, sympathetic, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | gushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, bathetic, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotiona |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hot-blooded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate |
| Synonyms: | amorous, ardent, aroused, blazing, burning, concupiscent, desirous, dithyrambic, erotic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, heavy*, hot*, impassioned, lascivious, libidinous, loving, lustful, perfervid, prurient, red-hot, romantic, scorchin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knightly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gracious |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, affable, amiable, amicable, approachable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, benignant, big-hearted, bland, bonhomous, charitable, chivalrous, civil, compassionate, complaisant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, courtly, easy, forthcoming, friendly, gallant, genial, good-hearted, good-natured, hospitable, indulgent, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, obliging, pleasing, polite, sociable, stately, suave, tender, unctuous, urbane, well-mannered |
| Main Entry: | liege |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | faithful |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, allegiant, ardent, attached, behind one, circumspect, confiding, conscientious, constant, dependable, devoted, dutiful, dyed-in-the-wool, enduring, fast, firm, genuine, hard-core, honest, honorable, incorruptible, loving, loyal, obedient, on the level, patriotic, resolute, scrupulous, sincere, staunch, steadfast, steady, straight, string along with, sure, tried, tried and true, true, true-blue, trustworthy, trusty, truthful, unchanging, unswerving, unwavering, upright, veracious |
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