单词 | lovable |
释义 | lovable (once / 1983 pages) adj Someone lovable is very easy to love. Kittens and puppies, cute fictional characters, and sweet-faced stuffed animals all tend to be lovable. Clowns? Not so much. People who are kind and generous to others are also lovable, because they deserve love in return for giving it to others. The adjective lovable comes from love, which has the Old English root lufu, "love, affection, or friendliness." WORD FAMILYlovable: lovably, unlovable+/love: lovable, loveable, loved, loveless, lover, loves, lovesome, loving, self-love/loved: lovedest, unloved/loveless: lovelessly/lover: loverlike, lovers/loving: lovinger, lovingest, lovingly, lovingness, self-loving, unloving/unloving: unlovingly USAGE EXAMPLESThey are dapper and glamorously edgy, presented as if anti-heroes treading the corridors in House of Cards, flawed but somehow lovable. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) Now I’m just so sweet and lovable,” he says, completely seriously. Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) Lovable characters, memorable music make Disney film great. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) adj having characteristics that attract love or affection a mischievous but lovable child Syn|Ant loveable desirable worth having or seeking or achieving amicablecharacterized by friendship and good will adorable, endearing, lovelylovable especially in a childlike or naive way angelic, angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweethaving a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub cuddlesome, cuddlyinviting cuddling or hugging lovingfeeling or showing love and affection hateful evoking or deserving hatred undesirable, unwantednot wanted hostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will abominable, detestable, execrable, odiousunequivocally detestable unlovableincapable of inspiring love or affection offensiveunpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
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