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C2showingfeelingsoflikingorlove: 表示爱的；充满深情的；有感情的 an affectionatekiss深情的一吻 He's an affectionate littleboy.他是个很有爱心的小男孩。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplesshowing love and affection - affectionateShe was an affectionate child.
- lovingHe grew up in a loving family.
- caringYou're a very caring person.
- warmHe had a warm smile.
See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesShowing affection - affectionately
- aw
- bear hug
- canoodle
- caress
- chuck
- cwtch up tosomeone
- demonstratively
- demonstrativeness
- embrace
- fall intosomeone'sarmsidiom
- fondle
- man hug
- mwah
- nurse
- osculate
- spoon
- squeeze
- to hold/clutch/clasp/takesomeone/somethingtoyourbosomidiom
- touchy-feely
See more results » affectionate| American Dictionaryshowingfeelingsoflikingsomeone or something,esp. bytouching,kissing, etc.: affectionately
He was affectionatelyknownas "Bobo." Examplesofaffectionateaffectionate So also with families, from the warm andaffectionate, through those that maintain instrumental relations to those that are hostile.From theCambridge English Corpus Thousands admire the sentimental writer; theaffectionatefather is hardly known in his parish.From theCambridge English Corpus Their relationship swings from one extreme to another, as the puppets areaffectionatethen violent towards each other.From theCambridge English Corpus Withaffectionatehumour, the architectural process is thus characterized as an unhealthy union of child's play and obsessive delusion.From theCambridge English Corpus The tone of the whole volume is sympathetic, reverent and evenaffectionate, yet this is not an uncritical piece of hagiography.From theCambridge English Corpus They are naturallyaffectionate, and have an ardent love to their children, friends, and countrymen.From theCambridge English Corpus Four subscales can be derived, tangible support,affectionate, positive social interaction, and emotional or informational support.From theCambridge English Corpus Accept our warm andaffectionatethanks, and best wishes that you who feather nests for others may have your own feathered.From theCambridge English Corpus They are held in respectful, warm,affectionate, appreciative relationship with others, including for many, relationships with animals.From theCambridge English Corpus Positive maternal representations included behavior that was protective, caretaking,affectionate, and helpful.From theCambridge English Corpus Other relationships were more difficult, but the proprietors regarded these as professional and caring if notaffectionate.From theCambridge English Corpus However, what makes me feel regrettable is that although subjects getaffectionatetreatment, this can't be heard by people because of newspapers' constant annoying reporting.From theCambridge English Corpus It might not in itself be very surprising that, in closely knit families, progress in religion should have been encouraged byaffectionaterelatives.From theCambridge English Corpus The gentle,affectionatetoying with his past existence came to an end.From theCambridge English Corpus The gentle patriarchy hinges on anaffectionate"intercourse between the squire and his son," neither of whom exercises his patriarchal authority.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |