amour
Clandestine romantic affair
Amour is a love affair, especially one that is secret or illicit.
The French word for love, it entered English with a suggestion of romance conducted outside marriage or social approval: a summer amour, his amours were the subject of gossip.
The word sounds literary or deliberately Continental.
Intense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- attractionPull toward something
ardor · passion · infatuation · hunger · obsession · wanting · ache · pining
Romantic pursuit of another
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
chivalry · suitor · admirer · beau · dalliance · coquetry · pursuit · proposing
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- rosesThorny flowering shrubs
- bouquetArranged cluster of blooms
- lovelettersWritten romantic declarations
poetry · sonnet · ballad · enchantment · starlight · whisperings · passion · tendresse
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- bondingForming close connections
- togethernessState of close connection
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
connection · embrace · caress · whispers · secrets · trust · confidante · tryst
Affectionate name for beloved
- darlingBeloved person or pet
- inamorataWoman romantically adored
- inamoratoA woman's male lover
- loverRomantic intimate
mistress · consort · soulmate · truelove · flame · beloved · dearest · swain
Roman love deity
Gentle, caring quality
- warmthHeat you feel
- fondnessWarm liking or affection
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- caringShowing kind concern
gentleness · endearment · adoration · cherishing · doting · softness · sentimentality · attachment
longing
Intense, persistent desire
attraction · ardor · passion · infatuation · hunger · obsession · wanting · ache · pining · fervor
wooing
Romantic pursuit of another
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
serenade · chivalry · suitor · admirer · beau · dalliance · coquetry · pursuit · proposing · betrothal
moonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- candlelightLuminescence from burning wick
- rosesThorny flowering shrubs
- bouquetArranged cluster of blooms
loveletters · poetry · sonnet · ballad · enchantment · starlight · whisperings · passion · tendresse · idyll
closeness
State of proximity
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- bondingForming close connections
- togethernessState of close connection
vulnerability · connection · embrace · caress · whispers · secrets · trust · confidante · tryst · rendezvous
sweetheart
Affectionate name for beloved
lover · mistress · consort · soulmate · truelove · flame · beloved · dearest · swain · ladylove
Cupid
Roman love deity
Freya · Romeo · Juliet · Tristan · Isolde · lovelorn · heartstruck
tenderness
Gentle, caring quality
caring · gentleness · endearment · adoration · cherishing · doting · softness · sentimentality · attachment · nurturing
- émotions et humeurstristesse, surprise, jalousie, ennui, rage
- loveadoration, affection, attraction, beloved, cherish
- French vocabularybonjour, merci, oui, non, au revoir
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- love expressionsI love you, my love, sweetheart, darling, dear
- Love themespassion, romance, affection, devotion, tenderness
amourhatred
Intense hostile aversion
hate · loathing · abhorrence · detestation · disgust
amourmarriage
Formal union between partners
matrimony · wedlock · holy matrimony · marital fidelity · monogamy
amourdetachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
indifference · apathy · coldness · frigidity · emotional distance
- amour propreBorrowed term for self-esteem
amorous, paramour, enamor, amorousness, amorously, enamours, enamoured, enamour, paramours