NOUN | feeling | affectionateness, affection, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | a positive feeling of liking |
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attribute | affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth | a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love |
Meaning | A positive feeling of liking. | |
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Synonyms | affection, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | |
Narrower | attachment, fond regard | A feeling of affection for a person or an institution |
protectiveness | A feeling of protective affection | |
regard, respect | A feeling of friendship and esteem | |
soft spot | A sentimental affection | |
Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
Spanish | afección, afectividad, afecto, afición, amor, apego, cariño, filia, simpatía, ternura | |
Catalan | afecció, afecte, simpatia, tendresa | |
Adjectives | affectionate | having or displaying warmth or affection |
Meaning | A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love. | |
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Synonyms | fondness, lovingness, warmth | |
Narrower | tenderness | A tendency to express warm / warm and affectionate feeling |
uxoriousness | foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife | |
Broader | emotionality, emotionalism | emotional nature or quality |
Spanish | afección, afecto, amor, apego | |
Catalan | afecció, afecte, amor | |
Adjectives | affectionate | having or displaying warmth or affection |
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