Tenderness and Wantonness
Opposite meaning words
Tenderness
Tenderness noun - Sympathetic concern for the well-being of others.
Wantonness is an antonym for tenderness.
Wantonness
Wantonness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war
Tenderness is an antonym for wantonness.
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Wantonness and Tenderness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/tenderness/wantonness
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