amatory
Concerning romantic passion
Amatory means relating to love or sexual desire.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned, appearing in formal or elevated contexts: amatory verse, amatory adventures.
It describes romantic or erotic matters without the clinical tone of "sexual" or the sentiment of "romantic."
Love goddess, or planet
Romeo · Juliet · Tristan · Isolde · Orpheus · Eurydice · amorist · Casanova
Profoundly sad, grieving
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
yearning · enthralled · besotted · moonstruck · lovelorn · wistful · hopeless · aching
Intense emotional warmth
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
burning · intense · fiery · ardent · impassioned · inflamed · lusty · torrid
Warm liking or affection
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- caringShowing kind concern
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- warmthHeat you feel
gentleness · endearment · cherish · doting · adore · sweetheart · embrace · cuddle
Venus
Love goddess, or planet
Freya · Romeo · Juliet · Tristan · Isolde · Orpheus · Eurydice · amorist · Casanova · Lothario
heartsick
Profoundly sad, grieving
- smittenPowerfully attracted to someone
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- unrequitedNot returned in kind
lovesick · yearning · enthralled · besotted · moonstruck · lovelorn · wistful · hopeless · aching · longing
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
yearning · burning · intense · fiery · ardent · impassioned · inflamed · lusty · torrid · heated
fondness
Warm liking or affection
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- caringShowing kind concern
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
warmth · gentleness · endearment · cherish · doting · adore · sweetheart · embrace · cuddle · nuzzle
courtship
Seeking another's romantic favor
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
sonnet · tryst · gallantry · chivalry · suitor · admirer · beau · lovesick · enamored · infatuation
caress
Gentle loving touch
togetherness · snuggle · tenderness · whisper · touch · sensual · private · secret · entwined · intertwined
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- captivatedspellbound, entranced, enthralled, mesmerized, rapt
amateur, amiable, amorous, amity, amour, amateurish, paramour, enamor, amateurism