Love Roget’s Thesaurus §897 N. love, fondness, liking, inclination, regard, dilection|, admiration, fancy, affection, sympathy,
fellow-feeling, tenderness, heart, brotherly love,
benevolence, attachment,
yearning, ἔρως, 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, amourette, free love, maternal love, στοργή, parental love, young love, puppy love, attractiveness, popularity,
favorite, lover,
suitor, follower,
admirer,
adorer,
wooer,
amoret,
beau,
sweetheart,
inamorato,
swain, young man, flame, love,
truelove,
leman,
lothario,
gallant,
paramour,
amoroso, cavaliere servente,
captive,
cicisbeo, caro sposo,
inamorata,
ladylove,
idol,
darling,
duck,
dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa,
betrothed,
affianced,
fiancee,
flirt,
coquette,
amorette, pair of turtledoves, abode of love, agapemone
V. love, like, affect, fancy, care for, take an interest in, be partial to, sympathize with, affection, be in love &c. with adj, have a love, for, entertain a love, for, harbor cherish a love, 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, dote on, dote upon, take a fancy to, look sweet upon, become enamored, fall in love with, lose one's heart, desire, 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, set one's cap at,
flirt Adj. loving, fond of, taken with, struck with,
smitten,
bitten, attached to, wedded to,
enamored, charmed, in love,
love-sick, over head and ears in love, head over heels in love,
affectionate, tender, sweet upon,
sympathetic, loving,
amorous,
amatory, fond,
erotic,
uxorious, ardent,
passionate,
rapturous, devoted, motherly, loved, beloved well beloved, dearly beloved,
dear, precious,
darling,
pet, little,
favorite, popular,
congenial, after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart, in one's good graces, dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart, lovable,
adorable, lovely, sweet, attractive,
seductive,
winning, charming,
engaging, interesting,
enchanting,
captivating,
fascinating,
bewitching,
amiable, like an angel
Phr. amantes amentes, credula res amor est, militat omnis amasius, love conquers all, omnia vincit amor, si vis amari ama, "the sweetest joy, the wildest woe"
N. favorite,
pet,
cosset,
minion,
idol,
jewel, # spoiled child, enfant gat, led captain,
crony,
fondling, apple of one's eye, man after one's own heart, persona grata, love,
dear,
darling,
duck, duckey, honey, sugar,
jewel,
mopsey,
moppet, princess,
sweetheart, sweetie, teacher's pet, general favorite, universal favorite, idol of the people
N. resentment, displeasure,
animosity, anger, wrath,
indignation,
exasperation, bitter resentment, wrathful indignation,
pique,
umbrage,
huff,
miff,
soreness,
dudgeon,
acerbity,
virulence, bitterness,
acrimony,
asperity,
spleen, gall,
heart-burning, heart- swelling,
rankling, ill humor, bad humor, ill temper, bad temper,
irascibility, ill blood,
revenge, excitement,
irritation,
warmth,
bile,
choler,
ire,
fume,
pucker,
dander,
ferment,
ebullition, towering passion,
acharnement, angry mood, taking,
pet,
tiff, passion, fit, tantrums,
burst,
explosion,
paroxysm, storm,
rage,
fury,
desperation, violence, fire and fury, vials of wrath, gnashing of teeth, hot blood, high words,
scowl,
sulks,
affront,
provocation,
offense, indignity,
grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli, ill turn,
outrage,
furies,
eumenides,
buffet, slap in the face, box on the ear, rap on the knuckles
V. resent, take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception, take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon, ne pas entendre raillerie, breathe revenge, cut up rough, fly into a rage, fall into a rage, get into a rage, fly into a passion, bridle up, bristle up, froth up, fire up, flare up, open the vials of one's wrath, pour out the vials of one's wrath,
pout, knit the brow,
frown,
scowl, lower,
snarl,
growl,
gnarl,
gnash,
snap,
redden, color, look black, look black as thunder, look daggers, bite one's thumb, show one's teeth, grind one's teeth, champ the bit, champ at the bit,
chafe,
mantle,
fume,
kindle, fly out, take fire,
boil, boil over, boil with indignation, boil with rage,
rage, storm,
foam, vent one's rage, vent one's spleen, lose one's temper, stand on one's hind legs, stamp the foot, stamp with rage, quiver with rage, swell with rage, foam with rage, burst with anger, raise cain, have a fling at, bear malice, cause anger, raise anger,
affront,
offend, give offense, give umbrage, anger, hurt the feelings,
insult,
discompose,
fret,
ruffle,
nettle,
huff,
pique, excite,
irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile,
sting, sting to the quick,
rile,
provoke,
chafe, wound, incense, inflame,
enrage,
aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach,
envenom,
embitter,
exasperate,
infuriate, kindle wrath, stick in one's gizzard, rankle &e, 919, hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw, put out of countenance, put out of humor, put one's monkey up, put one's back up, raise one's gorge, raise one's dander, raise one's choler, work up into a passion, make one's blood boil, make the ears tingle, throw, into a ferment,
madden, drive one mad, lash into fury, lash into madness, fool to the top of one's bent, set by the ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears
Adj. angry, wrath,
irate,
ireful, wrathful, cross,
achillean,
sulky,
&c. 901a, bitter,
virulent, acrimonious &c. (discourteous), violent, warm, burning, boiling, boiling over,
fuming,
raging,
foaming, foaming at the mouth, convulsed with rage,
offended,
waxy, acharne, wrought, worked up,
indignant,
hurt,
sore, set against, fierce, wild,
rageful,
furious, mad with rage,
fiery,
infuriate,
rabid, savage, relentless, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, in a huff, in a stew, in a fume, in a pucker, in a passion, in a rage, in a fury, in a taking, in a way, on one's high ropes, up in arms, in high dudgeon
Adv. angrily, in the height of passion, in the heat of passion, in the heat of the moment
Int. tantaene animis coelestibus irae, marry come up,
zounds,
'sdeath, phr, one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up, fervens difficili bile jecur, the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire, the blood rising, the blood boiling, haeret lateri lethalis arundo, "beware the fury of a patient man", furor arma ministrat, ira furor brevis est, quem jupiter vult perdere dementat prius, "what, drunk with choler?"
N. endearment,
caress,
blandishment, blandiment|, panchement,
fondling, billing and cooing,
dalliance, necking,
petting,
sporting, sparking, hanky-panky,
caressing, embrace,
salute,
kiss,
buss,
smack,
osculation, deosculation|, amorous glances,
courtship,
wooing, suit, addresses, the soft impeachment, lovemaking,
serenading,
caterwauling,
flirting,
flirtation,
gallantry,
coquetry, true lover's knot, plighted love, love tale, love token, love letter,
billet-doux,
valentine,
honeymoon, strephon and chloe
V. phr,
caress, "faint heart neer won fair lady",
fondle, "kisses honeyed by oblivion",
pet,
dandle,
pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek, chuck under the chin, smile upon,
coax,
wheedle,
cosset,
coddle,
cocker,
cockle, make of, make much of,
cherish,
foster, kill with kindness,
clasp,
hug,
cuddle, fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms,
nestle,
nuzzle, embrace,
kiss,
buss,
smack, blow a kiss,
salute, fold to the heart, press to the bosom, bill and coo,
spoon,
toy,
dally,
flirt,
coquet,
gallivant, galavant,
philander, make love, pay one's court to, pay one's addresses to, pay one's attentions to,
serenade, court,
woo, set one's cap at, be sweet upon, look sweet upon,
ogle, cast sheep's eyes upon, faire les yeux doux, fall in love with, win the affections, die for,
propose, make an offer, have an offer, pop the question, plight one's troth, plight one's faith
N. flattery,
adulation,
gloze,
blandishment,
blandiloquence,
cajolery,
fawning,
wheedling,
captation,
coquetry,
obsequiousness,
sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft-hunting,
snobbishness, incense, honeyed words,
flummery,
bunkum,
buncombe,
blarney,
placebo, butter, soft soap, soft sawder,
rose water, voice of the charmer, mouth honor, lip homage,
euphemism,
unctuousness V. flatter, praise to the skies,
puff,
wheedle,
cajole,
glaver,
coax, fawn upon, faun upon,
humor,
gloze,
soothe,
pet,
coquet, slaver, butter,
jolly,
bespatter,
beslubber,
beplaster,
beslaver, lay it on thick, overpraise,
earwig,
cog,
collogue, truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to, court, creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of, fool to the top of one's bent, lick the dust, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant, overestimate,
exaggerate Adj. flattering,
adulatory,
mealy-mouthed,
honey-mouthed, honeyed, smooth,
smooth-tongued,
soapy,
oily,
unctuous, blandiloquent,
specious, fine-spoken, fair spoken,
plausible,
servile,
sycophantic,
fulsome, courtierly, courtier-like