Attention
Attention noun - An act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners.
Usage example: she enjoyed her suitor's old-school attentions
Kindness and attention are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kindness" instead a noun "Attention".
Nearby Words: attentive, attentively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- care and attention
- care and kindness
- thoughtfulness and attention
- thoughtfulness and kindness
- consideration and attention
- consideration and kindness
- help and attention
- help and kindness
- solicitude and attention
- solicitude and kindness
- tact and attention
- tact and kindness
- service and attention
- service and kindness
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Thero himself wants this kind of attention and kindness from Nysander (although Nysander remarks that he probably wouldn't know what to do with it) and covers his frustration up with arrogance.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Literature -
Her make-over is partially about accepting affection and kindness from another person (the Alpha Bitch, in this case), and partially about openly acknowledging that she wants attention and human interaction by tucking back her hair and changing her concealing make-up and clothing.
Source: Unnecessary Makeover -
Took a Level in Kindness: In contrast, Dennis became more mischievous and attention seeking than outright cruel in his pranks.
Cite this Source
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