Suffering and Tender

Suffering

Suffering adjective - Troubled by pain or loss.

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Tender and suffering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tender" instead an adjective "Suffering".

Nearby Words: suffer, sufferance, suffered, sufferer

Tender adjective - Easily injured without careful handling.

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Suffering and tender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Suffering" instead an adjective "Tender".

The Reverend Boyes in Strong Poison is long-suffering, poor and notably tender-hearted.

Source: Literature / Lord Peter Wimsey
Averted with Charles in X-Men: Days of Future Past, because he cries repeatedly, but in this case it's very much a rare male example of Tender Tears, as it's used to illustrate his great capacity for empathy by showing how badly he is affected by the suffering around him.

Source: Men Don't Cry aka: Real Men Dont Cry
Men Don't Cry: Averted with Charles because he cries repeatedly, but in this case it's very much a rare male example of Tender Tears, as it's used to illustrate his great capacity for empathy by showing how badly he is affected by the suffering around him.

Source: Film / X-Men: Days of Future Past

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