affections
Roget category 820
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.1. Affections in general
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#820.
Affections
noun
affections,
affect —
character,
qualities,
disposition,
nature,
spirit,
tone —
temper,
temperament —
diathesis†,
idiosyncrasy —
cast of mind,
cast of soul,
habit of mind,
habit of soul,
frame of mind,
frame of soul —
predilection,
turn,
natural turn of mind —
bent,
bias,
predisposition,
proneness,
proclivity,
propensity,
propenseness†,
propension†,
propendency† —
vein,
humor,
mood,
grain,
mettle —
sympathy
etc.
(love)
897.
soul,
heart,
breast,
bosom,
inner man —
heart's core,
heart's strings,
heart's blood —
heart of hearts,
bottom of one's heart,
penetralia mentis [Lat.] —
secret and inmost recesses of the heart,
cockles of one's heart —
inmost heart,
inmost soul —
backbone.
passion,
pervading spirit —
ruling passion,
master passion —
furore† —
fullness of the heart,
heyday of the blood,
flesh and blood,
flow of soul.
energy,
fervor,
fire,
force.
verb
have affections,
possess affections
etc.
n. —
be of a character
etc.
n. —
be affected
etc.
adj. —
breathe.
adjective
affected,
characterized,
formed,
molded,
cast —
attempered†,
tempered —
framed —
predisposed —
prone,
inclined —
having a bias
etc.
n. —
tinctured with,
imbued with,
penetrated with,
eaten up with.
inborn,
inbred,
ingrained —
deep-rooted,
ineffaceable,
inveterate —
pathoscopic† —
congenital,
dyed in the wool,
implanted by nature,
inherent,
in the grain.
affective.
adverb
in one's heart
etc.
n. —
at heart —
heart and soul
etc.
821.
phrase
affection is a coal that must be cool'd else affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffer'd it will set the heart on fire"
[Venus and Adonis].
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