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caring

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car·ing  (kârng)
adj.
Feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others: "We formed Generations United to argue for a caring society" Jack Ossofsky.
caring
Adjective
1. feeling or showing care and compassion for other people
2. of or relating to professional social or medical care: the caring professions
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.caringcaring - a loving feeling
lovingness
love - a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
warmheartedness, warmth - a warmhearted feeling
Adj.1.caring - feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others; "caring friends"
compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women"
caring
adjective compassionate, loving, kindly, warm, soft, sensitive, tender, sympathetic, responsive, receptive, considerate, warmhearted, tenderhearted, softhearted, touchy-feely (informal)
Translations
Spanish caring [ˈkɛərɪŋ] adj → humanitario
French caring [ˈkɛərɪŋ] adj [person] → bienveillant(e); [society, organization] → humanitaire
German caring [ˈkɛərɪŋ] care adj → liebevoll;
(society, organization) → sozial;
(behaviour) → fürsorglich
Italian caring [ˈkɛərɪŋ] adj [person] → premuroso/a; [society, organization] → umanitario/a
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The Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them.
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"Ay, but I'm no very caring about that either," said my uncle.
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Not caring, after this alarm, to stay longer here, we set out on our march back, and in our return passed through a village where two men, who had murdered a domestic of the viceroy, lay under an arrest.
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