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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having the quality or nature of a parent |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, benevolent, benign, caring, comforting, devoted, fatherly, fond, forbearing, gentle, indulgent, kind, loving, maternal, matriarchal, motherly, paternal, patriarchal, protective, sheltering, supportive, tender, warm, watchful |
| Main Entry: | responsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to react |
| Synonyms: | acknowledging, active, alive, answering, awake, aware, compassionate, conscious, forthcoming, impressionable, influenceable, kindhearted, open, passionate, perceptive, persuadable, reactive, receptive, replying, respondent, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, sharp, softhearted, susceptible, susceptive, sympathetic, tender, warm, warmhearted |
| Antonyms: | insensitive, unresponsive, unsusceptible |
| Main Entry: | romantic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sentimental, idealistic |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, amorous, bathetic, charming, chimerical, chivalrous, colorful, corny*, daring, dreamy, enchanting, erotic, exciting, exotic, extravagant, fairy-tale, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fond, glamorous, idyllic, impractical, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mushy, mysterious, nostalgic, passionate, picturesque, poetic, quixotic, sloppy*, soppy, starry-eyed, syrupy, tear-jerking, tender, unrealistic, utopian, visionary, whimsical, wild |
| Antonyms: | pragmatic, realistic, unromantic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily hurt |
| Synonyms: | delicate, easily harmed, painful, sore, tender |
| Notes: | sensible means showing reason or sound judgment; sensitive means responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of perceiving with a sense or senses |
| Antonyms: | heartless, indifferent, insensitive, numb, unfeeling |
| Main Entry: | sentimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | emotional, romantic |
| Synonyms: | affected, affectionate, corny*, demonstrative, dewy-eyed, dreamy, effusive, gushing, gushy, idealistic, impressionable, inane, insipid, jejune, languishing, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, overacted, overemotional, passionate, pathetic, rosewater, saccharine*, sappy*, schmaltzy, silly, simpering, sloppy*, slushy, soapy, soft, softhearted, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tear-jerking, tearful, tender, touching, vapid, visionary, weepy |
| Antonyms: | hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional, unromantic, unsentimental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | silky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smooth; like satin |
| Synonyms: | cottony, delicate, glossy, like silk, luxurious, plush, satiny, silk, silken, sleek, soft, tender, velvety |
| Antonyms: | rough |
| Main Entry: | soft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compassionate |
| Synonyms: | affectionate, amiable, benign, courteous, easy, easy-going, effortless, gentle, gracious, indulgent, kind, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, manageable, overindulgent, permissive, pitying, sensitive, sentimental, simple, spineless, sympathetic, tender, tender-hearted, undemanding, weak |
| Antonyms: | callous, severe, stern, strict, uncompassionate |
| Main Entry: | solicitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | anxious, appetent, apprehensive, ardent, athirst, attentive, avid, beside oneself, careful, caring, concerned, devoted, eager, earnest, heedful, impatient, keen, loving, mindful, raring, regardful, tender, thirsty, troubled, uneasy, worried sick, worried stiff, zealous |
| Antonyms: | easy-going, laid-back, unafraid, unworried |
| Main Entry: | sore |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hurt physically |
| Synonyms: | abscessed, aching, acute, afflicted, annoying, bruised, burned, burning, chafed, critical, distressing, extreme, hurtful, hurting, inflamed, irritated, pained, painful, raw, reddened, sensitive, severe, sharp, smarting, tender, ulcerated, uncomfortable, unpleasant, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | good, well |
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