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  • 91humane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. kind, merciful, tender, sympathetic; civilized. See benevolence, pity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Kindly] Syn. benevolent, sympathetic, understanding, pitying, compassionate, kindhearted, human,… …

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  • 92mild — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gentle, easy, bland, soft, harmless; lenient, tolerant, merciful, humane, generous, forbearing; weak, neutral; placid, tranquil, temperate, moderate; comfortable, clement; meek, submissive,… …

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  • 93pity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of compassion for another Nouns pity, compassion, commiseration, sympathy; lamentation, condolence; empathy, fellow feeling, tenderness, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency, charity, ruth,… …

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  • 94sensibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Receptivity Nouns 1. sensibility, sensitivity, sensitiveness; feeling, perceptivity, esthetics; sensation, impression; consciousness (see knowledge); sensorium. 2. (mental sensibility) sensibleness,… …

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  • 95soft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. supple, pliant; faint, low; kind, lenient; easy. See softness, faintness, leniency, facility. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Pliable] Syn. malleable, pliant, elastic; see flexible 1 . 2. [Soft to the… …

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  • 96softhearted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sympathetic, compassionate. See pity, benevolence.Ant., hardhearted. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tender, kindhearted, humane; see humane 1 , kind 1 , merciful 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 97emotional — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring one s emotions] Syn. moving, touching, impassioned, heartfelt; see moving 2 , passionate 2 . 2. [Given to emotion] Syn. sentimental, sensitive, warm, gushing, hysterical, demonstrative, fiery, zealous, fervent,… …

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  • 98trusting — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Naive] Syn. trustful, credulous, confiding, gullible, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, easygoing, open, candid, indulgent, obliging, well meaning, good natured, tenderhearted, green*, suckerish*, doughfaced*, with a glass… …

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  • 99tenderheartedness — n. quality of being tenderhearted, compassionateness, quality of being sympathetic …

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  • 100pitiful — a. 1. Compassionate, tender, tenderhearted, sympathetic, kind, merciful, lenient, mild. 2. Miserable, pitiable, wretched, deplorable, lamentable. 3. Mean, base, vile, low, paltry, sorry, abject, rascally, contemptible, despicable, insignificant,… …

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