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am·o·rous
 amorous
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- pronunciation:
- ae
m
rs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
generally inclined to feeling romantic love, or inclined at a particular time to engage in romantic or sexual activity.
He was never an amorous man, and he was quite content as a priest.She cuddled up close to him, but he was not feeling amorous.- synonyms:
- amatory, enamored, loving, passionate, sexual
- antonyms:
- cold
- similar words:
- affectionate, ardent, devoted, doting, erotic, gallant, impassioned, lovesick, romantic, tender
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| definition 2: |
expressing, pertaining to, or resulting from love.
He wrote his wife amorous letters when he was overseas.- synonyms:
- amatory, enamored, loving, passionate
- similar words:
- affectionate, ardent, devoted, doting, gallant, impassioned, lovesick, romantic, tender
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| related words: |
intimate, loving, torrid |
(adj.)amorous
+ noun
activity,
advance,
adventure,
attention,
connection,
conquest,
consequence,
couple,
desire,
discourse,
embrace,
encounter,
exchange,
gesture,
invitation,
involvement,
love,
lover,
passion,
pursuit,
relation,
relationship,
subject,
suffering,
theme,
thought,
weekend
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| derivations: |
amorously (adj.), amorousness (n.) |
The word amorous
contains the following parts:
am, ama, amor
Latin
root
that means love, friendship
  Example words:
amateur, amateurish, amatory, amiable, amicable, amity, amorous, amour, enamor, enemy, inimical, paramour
- synonyms:
- phil, philo, -philia, -phile
-ous, -ious
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means full of, characterized by
More about this word part:
The suffix "-ous
, -ious
" attaches to Latin, Greek, and native English roots
Example words:
adventurous, ambiguous, amorous, amorphous, anadromous, androgynous, anomalous, apetalous, apocarpous, apterous, aqueous, atrocious, auspicious, avaricious, azygous, captious, carnivorous, chromous, coterminous, covetous, curious, delicious, diadromous, diaphanous, dicephalous, dioecious, disingenuous, egregious, endogenous, enormous, epigynous, euphonious, extemporaneous, ferocious, fortuitous, generous, glorious, gracious, gregarious, heterogamous, heterogeneous, homogeneous, homogenous, homologous, homopterous, hydrous, hypogynous, illustrious, impecunious, impervious, incommodious, incongruous, inconspicuous, indecorous, infamous, infelicitous, innocuous, intravenous, isogenous, isomerous, joyous, judicious, laborious, ludicrous, lustrous, magnanimous, malicious, malodorous, monoclinous, monoecious, multiparous, nauseous, perigynous, poisonous, porous, precious, quadrumanous, ramous, rebellious, spacious, subaqueous, synchronous, tubuliflorous, unanimous, valorous, vicious, wondrous, xerophilous
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