" tenderheartedness "

1: sympathetic concern for the well-being of others;

  * e.g., " ... a hard-nosed businessman, better known for his tough-mindedness than for his tenderheartedness "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beneficence,

•  benevolence,

•  benignancy,

•  benignity,

•  compassionateness,

•  good-heartedness,

•  humaneness,

•  kindheartedness,

•  kindliness,

•  kindness,

•  softheartedness,

•  tenderness,

•  warmheartedness

•  Antonyms : 

•  barbarity,

•  barbarousness,

•  bestiality,

•  brutality,

•  brutishness,

•  callousness,

•  cold-bloodedness,

•  cruelty,

•  hard-heartedness,

•  heartlessness,

•  inhumanity,

•  savageness,

•  savagery,

•  unfeelingness,

•  unkindliness,

•  unkindness

1: feeling or showing love;

  * e.g., " ... a tenderhearted new mother "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adoring,

•  affectionate,

•  devoted,

•  fond,

•  loving,

•  tender

•  Antonyms : 

•  unloving

2: having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others;

  * e.g., " ... a tenderhearted offer of help for the victims of the earthquake "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beneficent,

•  benevolent,

•  benignant,

•  compassionate,

•  good-hearted,

•  humane,

•  kind,

•  kindhearted,

•  kindly,

•  softhearted,

•  sympathetic,

•  tender,

•  warmhearted

•  Antonyms : 

•  atrocious,

•  barbaric,

•  barbarous,

•  bestial,

•  brutal,

•  brute,

•  brutish,

•  callous,

•  cold-blooded,

•  cruel,

•  fiendish,

•  hard-hearted,

•  heartless,

•  inhuman,

•  inhumane,

•  insensate,

•  sadistic,

•  savage,

•  truculent,

•  uncompassionate,

•  unfeeling,

•  unkind,

•  unkindly,

•  unsympathetic,

•  vicious,

•  wanton