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amour |
a love affair, esp. a secret one. |
Callisto |
in Greek and Roman mythology, a nymph who was punished by Hera for a love affair with Zeus by being transformed into a bear. [1/2 definitions] |
carry on |
to engage in a love affair. [1/4 definitions] |
fling |
a brief love affair, usu. with little or no emotional significance. [1/8 definitions] |
implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
intrigue |
to carry on an illicit or secret love affair. [2/7 definitions] |
liaison |
an adulterous or otherwise unpermitted sexual affair. [1/3 definitions] |
lover |
(pl.) a couple who are having a love affair. [1/4 definitions] |
matter |
a topic of concern or interest; affair. [1/8 definitions] |
paramour |
a lover, esp. one in an adulterous affair. |
romance |
a love affair, or a depiction of one in a novel, story, or film. [1/7 definitions] |
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