Australian English Meaning of affection
affection
Other Australian English words related to affection
- devotion
- love
- passion
- respect
- adoration
- appreciation
- attachment
- desire
- devotedness
- enthusiasm
- fondness
- longing
- loyalty
- Respect
- adulation
- allegiance
- appetite
- Ardor
- Craving
- crush
- eagerness
- respect
- estimate
- faithfulness
- fancy
- favour
- fealty
- Fervor
- fidelity
- idolatry
- adulation
- like
- liking
- partiality
- preference
- relish
- steadfastness
- taste
- Worship
- yearning
- zeal
Nearest Words of affection
Definitions and Meaning of affection in English
affection (n)
a positive feeling of liking
affection (n.)
The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
Prejudice; bias.
Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
The lively representation of any emotion.
Affectation.
Passion; violent emotion.
FAQs About the word affection
affection
a positive feeling of likingThe act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected., An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state;
devotion,love,passion,respect,adoration,appreciation,attachment,desire,devotedness,enthusiasm
Hostility,loathing,Abhorrence,abomination,Allergy,animosity,antagonism,Antipathy,aversion,disfavour
affectingly => movingly, affecting => affecting, affectible => Affected, impressionable, affectibility => Affectibility, affecter => affect,
