loving
/'lʌviɳ/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling or showing love and affection: The word "loving" describes a state of feeling deep affection or the act of expressing that affection through care, kindness, and tenderness.
Usage
- General Use: "Loving" is used to describe people, their actions, feelings, or relationships characterized by love. It often implies warmth, fondness, and a nurturing attitude.
- Common Collocations: It frequently modifies nouns like , , , , , , , and .
Examples
- Adjective:
- She comes from a very loving family.
- He gave her a loving smile.
- They provided a loving home for the children.
Advanced Usage
- "ever-loving": An informal, often humorous or emphatic, intensifier.
- Where did I put my ever-loving keys?
- "loving-kindness": A compound term (treated separately here) referring to tender and benevolent affection, often used in spiritual or philosophical contexts.
- The meditation focused on cultivating loving-kindness towards all beings.
Variants and Related Words
- Lovingly (adverb): In a way that shows love.
- He spoke lovingly about his childhood.
- Lovingness (noun, less common): The quality of being loving.
- Her lovingness was evident in everything she did.
Synonyms
- Affectionate: Readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness.
- Fond: Having an affection or liking for.
- Devoted: Very loving or loyal.
- Adoring: Regarding with deep, often rapturous love.
- Tender: Showing gentleness, kindness, and affection.
Antonyms
- Unloving: Not feeling or showing love.
- Cold: Lacking affection or warmth of feeling.
- Hateful: Feeling or showing hatred.
- Indifferent: Having no particular interest or sympathy.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Labor of love: A task done for pleasure, not reward, often out of loving devotion.
- Restoring the old car was a true labor of love for him.
- Send one's love: To convey affectionate greetings.
- She asked me to send her love to you.
Adjective
- feeling or showing love and affection
- loving parents
- loving glances