lovey-dovey
All kisses, cuddles
Lovey-dovey describes excessively affectionate or romantic behavior, often in a way that others find cloying or embarrassing: They were being all lovey-dovey in the back seat.
The reduplicative form emphasizes the saccharine quality—less genuine passion than performative sweetness.
Pleasantly huggable
- snugglyComfortably warm and close
- mushySoft or saccharine
- gushyExcessively emotional
- sappyExcessively sentimental
tender · adoring · doting · swooning · nuzzling · cooing · canoodling · smooching
Recently married pair
- honeymoonersRecently wed vacationers
- sweetheartsRomantic partners, affectionately named
- lovebirdsOpenly affectionate couple
- turtledovesSmall cooing pigeons
inseparable · matching outfits · couple goals · baby talk · nicknames · holding hands · gazing · embracing
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
- nauseatingCausing urge to vomit
cheesy · corny · cringe · eye-rolling · get a room · public display · embarrassing · excessive
cuddly
Pleasantly huggable
sappy · tender · adoring · doting · swooning · nuzzling · cooing · canoodling · smooching · billing
newlyweds
Recently married pair
- honeymoonersRecently wed vacationers
- sweetheartsRomantic partners, affectionately named
- lovebirdsOpenly affectionate couple
turtledoves · inseparable · matching outfits · couple goals · baby talk · nicknames · holding hands · gazing · embracing · intertwined
saccharine
Exaggeratedly sentimental
- cloyingExcessively sweet or sentimental
- treaclyExcessively sweet or sentimental
- over-the-topExcessively dramatic or extravagant
nauseating · cheesy · corny · cringe · eye-rolling · get a room · public display · embarrassing · excessive · theatrical
- affectionhug, kiss, care, cuddle, caress
- infatuationcrush, infatuation, infatuated, smitten, limerence
- Reduplicativesbye-bye, mama, papa, haha, yo-yo
- pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
- sentimentalitymawkish, schmaltzy, saccharine, treacly, cloying
- lovingadoring, affectionate, amorous, caring, cherishing
lovey-doveycold
Low temperature state
distant · aloof · frosty · icy · standoffish
lovey-doveyunsentimental
Lacking emotional softness
cynical · hard-boiled · hardheaded · antisentimental · unromantic
love, lovely, loving, loved, lover, beloved, dove, lovable, lovers