passionate embrace
Lovers holding tight
A passionate embrace is a fervent hug or holding of another person, charged with intense emotion—romantic love, desperate longing, or overwhelming relief.
The phrase suggests bodies pressed close, arms wrapped tight, often as prelude to or substitute for a kiss: They fell into a passionate embrace after months apart.
It appears frequently in romance novels and film descriptions.
- tenderSoft or sore
- kissTouch with lips
- holdMaintain in grasp
- holding tightMaintaining a firm grasp
- longingIntense, persistent desire
desire · love affair · warmth · lovers · two hearts · arms · tight · fervent · intense · yearning · long lost · clutch · beating heart · heartbeat · whisper · skin · body heat · closeness
- bodice rippersbodice ripper, ravishment
- romance novelsbodice ripper, Harlequin, happily ever after, rake, historical romance
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- romantic escapismfairy tales, love stories, romance novels, chick flicks, rom-coms
- Stage RomanceRomeo and Juliet, balcony scene, love duet, romantic lead, leading lady
passionate embracepushing away
Forcing something back
recoiling · backing away · turning one's back · stepping back · silent treatment
passionate embraceslap in the face
Humiliating rebuke or rejection
punch · cold shoulder · attack · assault
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