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1. (adj.) affectionate
showing affection or love; fondly tender:
an affectionate embrace.
2. affectionate
having great affection or love; loving:
your affectionate brother.
Etymology: (1485–95)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender, warm
having or displaying warmth or affection
"affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
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1. (adjective) affectionate
≠ cold
very affectionate with his children
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) affectionate
having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother
2. (adj) affectionate
kindly inclined; zealous
3. (adj) affectionate
proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language
4. (adj) affectionate
strongly inclined; -- with to
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Sense: having or showing affection
an affectionate child; She is very affectionate towards her mother.
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 Afrikaans: liefderik |
 Arabic: وَدُود، مُحِب، حَنُون |
 Bulgarian: нежен |
 Brazilian: carinhoso |
 Czech: láskyplný, srdečný |
 German: liebevoll |
 Danish: hengiven; kærlig |
 Greek: στοργικός |
 Spanish: cariñoso |
 Estonian: hell |
 Farsi: مهربان |
 Finnish: hellä |
 French: affectueux |
 Hebrew: רוֹחֵש חִיבָּה |
 Hindi: स्नेही |
 Croatian: privržen |
 Hungarian: ragaszkodó |
 Indonesian: menyayangi |
 Icelandic: ástúðlegur |
 Italian: affezionato, affettuoso |
 Japanese: 愛情の深い |
 Korean: 애정이 있는 |
 Lithuanian: meilus |
 Latvian: mīlošs |
 Malay: menyayangi |
 Dutch: liefhebbend |
 Norwegian: kjærlig, hengiven |
 Polish: czuły |
 Persian: مهربان |
 Pashto: زړه سواند، مهربان |
 Portuguese: carinhoso |
 Romanian: afectuos |
 Russian: нежный, ласковый |
 Slovak: láskyplný |
 Slovenian: prisrčen |
 Serbian: nežan |
 Swedish: tillgiven |
 Thai: ซึ่งรักใคร่ |
 Turkish: sevecen, sevgi dolu |
 Taiwanese: 充滿感情的 |
 Ukrainian: ніжний, люблячий |
 Urdu: شفیق ، ہمدرد |
 Vietnamese: biểu lộ sự trìu mến |
 Chinese: 充满深情的 |
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