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Nouns (15)

affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth

n. a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love

n. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

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Fuzzynyms (102)

familiarity, intimacy, closeness

n. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

eccentricity

n. a circularity that has a different center or deviates from a circular path

craving

n. an intense desire for some particular thing

lecherousness, lust, lustfulness

n. a strong sexual desire

irrational impulse

n. a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation; "his first impulse was to denounce them"; "the urge to find out got him into trouble"

longing, yearning, hungriness

n. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

leaning

n. the act of deviating from a vertical position

leaning, propensity, tendency

n. an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

desire

n. the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

passion, passionateness

n. a strong feeling or emotion

wish, wishing, want

n. a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was above all wishing and desire"

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

ambition, aspiration, dream

n. a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business"

vagary

n. an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.); "the vagaries of the weather"; "his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market"; "he has dealt with human vagaries for many years"

pleasure, pleasance

n. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"

satisfaction

n. the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction"

volition, will

n. the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; "the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt"- George Meredith

warmheartedness, warmth

n. a warmhearted feeling

sentiment

n. tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

allegiance, fealty

n. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

fondness, fancy, partiality

n. a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

feelings

n. emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity); "the remark hurt his feelings"

familiarity, intimacy, closeness

n. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

amity, cordiality

n. a cordial disposition

liking

n. a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

sympathy, fellow feeling

n. sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)

tenderness, tenderheartedness

n. warm compassionate feelings

softheartedness, tenderness

n. a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)

discomfort, soreness, irritation

n. an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance, knowingness

n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive"

insight, perceptiveness, perceptivity

n. a feeling of understanding

receptiveness, receptivity, openness

n. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their receptivity to the proposal"

concern, care, fear

n. an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

soul, soulfulness

n. deep feeling or emotion

ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

position, stance, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

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Antonyms (4)

dislike

n. a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"

antipathy, aversion, distaste

n. a feeling of intense dislike

fondness

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