secret love
Unspoken romantic feelings
Secret love is romantic or sexual feeling kept hidden from others, especially from the person it's directed toward.
The secrecy might protect against rejection, preserve a friendship, or hide something forbidden—an affair, an inappropriate attachment, a same-sex attraction in hostile circumstances.
She carried a secret love for him for years.
The phrase can also name the person who is loved: He was her secret love.
- forbiddenNot allowed
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- hiddenKept out of sight
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
crush · desire · passion · whisper · stolen · stolen glances · glances · yearning · unspoken · heartache · infatuation · burning desire · clandestine · pining · carry a torch · admirer · devotion · tryst
- romanceamor, boyfriend, courting, girlfriend, besos
- forbidden loveforbidden romance, forbidden fruit, star-crossed, illicit affair, taboo romance
- Arabic love poetryyearning, Layla, classical poetry, lovesickness, parting
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, cherish
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- desireyearn, yearning, crave, craving, lust
secret lovemarriage
Formal union between partners
wedlock · arranged marriage · engagement · betrothal · church wedding
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