affection
noun
1 affection
A positive feeling of liking:
— He had trouble expressing the affection he felt.
synonyms: affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness.
Roget 821:
feeling;
suffering
etc.
v.;
endurance,
tolerance,
sufferance,
supportance†,
experience,
response;
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897;
impression,
inspiration,
affection,
sensation,
emotion,
pathos,
deep sense.
warmth,
glow,
unction,
gusto,
vehemence;
fervor,
fervency;
heartiness,
cordiality;
earnestness,
eagerness;
empressement [Fr.],
gush,
ardor,
zeal,
passion,
enthusiasm,
verve,
furore†,
fanaticism;
excitation of feeling
etc.
824;
fullness of the heart
etc.
(disposition)
820;
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825;
ecstasy
etc.
(pleasure)
827.
blush,
suffusion,
flush;
hectic;
tingling,
thrill,
turn,
shock;
agitation
etc.
(irregular motion)
315;
quiver,
heaving,
flutter,
flurry,
fluster,
twitter,
tremor;
throb,
throbbing;
pulsation,
palpitation,
panting;
trepidation,
perturbation;
ruffle,
hurry of spirits,
pother,
stew,
ferment;
state of excitement.
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Roget 888:
friendship,
amity;
friendliness
etc.
adj.;
brotherhood,
fraternity,
sodality,
confraternity;
harmony
etc.
(concord)
714;
peace
etc.
721.
firm friendship,
staunch friendship,
intimate friendship,
familiar friendship,
bosom friendship,
cordial friendship,
tried friendship,
devoted friendship,
lasting friendship,
fast friendship,
sincere friendship,
warm friendship,
ardent friendship.
cordiality,
fraternization,
entente cordiale [Fr.],
good understanding,
rapprochement,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling,
response,
welcomeness.
affection
etc.
(love)
897;
favoritism;
good will
etc.
(benevolence)
906.
acquaintance,
familiarity,
intimacy,
intercourse,
fellowship,
knowledge of;
introduction.
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Roget 897:
love;
fondness
etc.
adj.;
liking;
inclination
etc.
(desire)
865;
regard,
dilection†,
admiration,
fancy.
affection,
sympathy,
fellow-feeling;
tenderness
etc.
adj.;
heart,
brotherly love;
benevolence
etc.
906;
attachment.
yearning,
eros,
tender passion,
amour;
gyneolatry†;
gallantry,
passion,
flame,
devotion,
fervor,
enthusiasm,
transport of love,
rapture,
enchantment,
infatuation,
adoration,
idolatry.
Cupid,
Venus;
myrtle;
true lover's knot;
love token,
love suit,
love affair,
love tale,
love story;
the,
old story,
plighted love;
courtship
etc.
902;
amourette†;
free love.
maternal love,
storge [Gr.],
parental love;
young love,
puppy love.
attractiveness;
popularity;
favorite
etc.
899.
lover,
suitor,
follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret†,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato [It],
swain,
young man,
flame,
love,
truelove;
leman†,
Lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso†,
cavaliere servente [It],
captive,
cicisbeo†;
caro sposo [It].
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
Dulcinea,
angel,
goddess,
cara sposa [It].
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee.
flirt,
coquette;
amorette†;
pair of turtledoves;
abode of love,
agapemone†.
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Dutch: genegenheid
verb
Roget 897:
love,
like,
affect,
fancy,
care for,
take an interest in,
be partial to,
sympathize with;
affection;
be in love with
etc.
adj.;
have a love
etc.
n..
for,
entertain a love
etc.
n..
for,
harbor cherish a love
etc.
n..
for;
regard,
revere;
take to,
bear love to,
be wedded to;
set one's affections on;
make much of,
feast one's eyes on;
hold dear,
prize;
hug,
cling to,
cherish,
pet.
burn;
adore,
idolize,
love to distraction,
aimer eperdument [Fr.];
dote on,
dote upon;
take a fancy to,
look sweet upon;
become enamored
etc.
adj.;
fall in love with,
lose one's heart;
desire
etc.
865.
excite love;
win the heart,
gain the heart,
win the affections,
gain the affections,
secure the love,
engage the affections;
take the fancy of have a place in the heart,
wind round the heart;
attract,
attach,
endear,
charm,
fascinate,
captivate,
bewitch,
seduce,
enamor,
enrapture,
turn the head.
get into favor;
ingratiate oneself,
insinuate oneself,
worm oneself;
propitiate,
curry favor with,
pay one's court to,
faire l'aimable [Fr.],
set one's cap at,
flirt.
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