falling in love
Becoming romantically attached
Falling in love is the experience of developing intense romantic attachment to someone, often felt as sudden or involuntary—hence *falling*, as if losing one's footing.
The phrase captures both the exhilaration and vulnerability of the process: She was falling in love and couldn't stop thinking about him.
Distinguished from simply loving someone, which suggests a steadier state already achieved.
- attractionPull toward something
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
- hugTight, affectionate clasp
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- kissTouch with lips
weak in the knees · heart skips · crush · oxytocin · infatuation · vulnerability · loving · dopamine · euphoria · walking on air · rose-colored glasses · pupil dilation · chemistry · butterflies · soulmate · enamored · yearning · spark
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
- relationship stagesmeeting, attraction, flirtation, pursuit, courtship
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- emotional changehealing, heartbreak, grief, recovery, awakening
- life experiencesgraduation, heartbreak, travel, parenthood, marriage
falling in lovegrowing apart
Gradual emotional separation
heartbreak · disenchantment · drifting apart · cooling off · breaking up
falling in loveemotional numbness
Absence of felt affect
apathy · coldness · emotional unavailability · shutting down · self-protection
falling in loveloathing
Intense, settled disgust
revulsion · resentment · disgust · animosity
love, fall, fallen, falling, falls, downfall, waterfall, rainfall, pitfall