romantic intrigue
Love plot machinations
Romantic intrigue is secretive scheming or plotting involving love affairs, especially illicit ones.
The phrase appears in two contexts: describing actual clandestine romantic maneuvering The court was full of romantic intrigue, or as a fiction genre featuring romance entangled with mystery or suspense a novel of romantic intrigue set in wartime Paris.
- desireIntense wanting
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- stolen glancesCovert fleeting observations
love triangle · passion · secret affair · jealousy · longing · clandestine meetings · betrayal · broken promises · taboos · secrecy · star-crossed · allure · unrequited love · elopement · manipulation · suspense · deception · pursuit
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
- CervantesDon Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Sancho Panza, Cervantes, Rocinante
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- MarivauxSilvia
- Restoration Comedycomedy of manners, Drury Lane, rake, fops, libertines
- Spanish theatercomedia, auto sacramental, Don Juan, loa, Calderon
romantic intriguebrotherly love
Warm bond between kin
business partnership · casual acquaintance · mentorship · familial bond · rivalry
romantic intrigueemotional detachment
Withdrawal from feelings
apathy · dispassion · lovelessness · disinterest · emotional distance