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cupboard love

cup·board love
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kuhb-erd luhv]
    • /ˈkʌb ərd lʌv/
    • /ˈkʌbəd lʌv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kuhb-erd luhv]
    • /ˈkʌb ərd lʌv/

Definitions of cupboard love words

  • noun cupboard love a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive 3
  • noun cupboard love a personal attachment that appears to be motivated by love but in fact stems from the hope of gain. 1
  • noun cupboard love affection shown to obtain something 1
  • noun cupboard love Insincere (and usually fickle) love pretended in the hope of gaining something useful in exchange. 0
See all 4 definitions of cupboard love

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Origin of cupboard love

First appearance:

before 1750
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1750-60

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Parts of speech for Cupboard love

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cupboard love

cupboard love popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

cupboard love usage trend in Literature

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