All lovey-dovey synonyms
loveΒ·y-doveΒ·y
L l adj lovey-dovey
- lenient β agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- merciful β full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- solicitous β anxious or concerned (usually followed by about, for, etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
- tenderhearted β soft-hearted; sympathetic.
- ticklish β sensitive to tickling.
- tolerant β inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
- touchy β apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- commiserative β to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- bleeding heart β If you describe someone as a bleeding heart, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help.
- dear β You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.
- devoted β Someone who is devoted to a person loves that person very much.
- doting β showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile.
- fond β having a liking or affection for (usually followed by of): to be fond of animals.
- kind β of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- mushy β resembling mush; pulpy.
- partial β being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.
- tender β soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- all over β All over a place means in every part of it.
- attached β If you are attached to someone or something, you like them very much.
- huggy β Tending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.
- soft on β gentle, sympathetic, or lenient towards
- agog β If you are agog, you are excited about something, and eager to know more about it.
- blazing β Blazing sun or blazing hot weather is very hot.
- burning β You use burning to describe something that is extremely hot.
- desirous β If you are desirous of doing something or desirous of something, you want to do it very much or want it very much.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- fervid β heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fiery β consisting of, attended with, characterized by, or containing fire: a volcano's fiery discharge.
- horny β consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- hot β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hungry β having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- lusty β full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
- spirited β pertaining to something that works by burning alcoholic spirits: a spirit stove.
- thirsty β feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- addicted β Someone who is addicted to a harmful drug cannot stop taking it.
- amorous β If you describe someone's feelings or actions as amorous, you mean that they involve sexual desire.
- predisposed β to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- responsive β responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- romantic β of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- adoring β An adoring person is someone who loves and admires another person very much.
- lovesome β inspiring love; lovely; lovable.
- feeble β physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- nauseating β causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- sickening β causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
- bathetic β containing or displaying bathos
- gushy β given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
- schmaltzy β of, relating to, or characterized by schmaltz.
- gushing β to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
- effusive β unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- mawkish β characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.