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单词 lovey-dovey
释义

lovey-dovey

adjective

ˌlə-vē-ˈdə-vē How to pronounce lovey-dovey (audio)
: expressing much love or sentimentality
also : mushy
lovey-doveyness
ˌlə-vē-ˈdə-vē-nəs How to pronounce lovey-dovey (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • chocolate-box
  • cloying
  • corny
  • drippy
  • fruity
  • gooey
  • maudlin
  • mawkish
  • mushy
  • novelettish
  • saccharine
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • sentimental
  • sloppy
  • slushy
  • soppy
  • soupy
  • spoony
  • spooney
  • sticky
  • sugarcoated
  • sugary
  • wet
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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

lovey-dovey

adjective

as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way lovey-dovey songs that were supposedly inspired by his feelings for his beloved wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sentimental
  • sticky
  • sloppy
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • saccharine
  • soppy
  • mushy
  • corny
  • mawkish
  • maudlin
  • wet
  • sugary
  • gooey
  • fuzzy
  • cloying
  • drippy
  • sugarcoated
  • slushy
  • fruity
  • spoony
  • chocolate-box
  • soupy
  • dreamy
  • moony
  • nostalgic
  • melodramatic
  • novelettish
  • spooney
  • cutesy
  • moonstruck
  • starry-eyed
  • feel-good
  • misty-eyed
  • soapy
  • vapid
  • insipid
  • sudsy
  • soap-operatic
  • tasteless
  • twee
  • watery
  • flat
  • soft-boiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cynical
  • unsentimental
  • unadulterated
  • unvarnished
  • hardheaded
  • antisentimental
  • hard-edged
  • hard-boiled
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