affectionnoun
uk/əˈfek.ʃən/us/əˈfek.ʃən/B2 [ U or S ] a feeling of liking for a person or place:
She felt no affection for the child.
He had a deep affection for his aunt.
affections [ plural ]
feelings of liking or love:
The former president still holds a place in the nation's affections.
Sula seems to have transferred her affections from Jon to his brother.
win sb's affections
to succeed in persuading someone to love you
More examples
- There's never much display of affection between them.
- filial affection
- He finds it difficult to show affection.
- In this society there is a taboo on any sort of public display of affection.
- He remembered the teachers at his first school with great affection.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liking
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- biophilia
- grow
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- hit
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- look kindly on sb/sth idiom
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- take to sb/sth
- taken
- thing
- warm
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