Antonyms for amorous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : am-er-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm ər əs

Definition of amorous

Origin : c.1300, from Old French amorous (Modern French amoureux), from Late Latin amorosum, from amor "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy). Related: Amorously; amorousness.

adj loving, affectionate

Example sentences :

But, I repeat, this question has nothing to do with amorous intoxication.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

However, in such cases it is most often the old man who is amorous.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

His amorous exaltations are ridiculed, or else they inspire disgust.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

From the neighbourhood, now asleep, one now only heard the miawing of an amorous tabby.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

It was she—it was her arms and necks which gave that semblance of amorous vitality to her fruit.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

Unsuspecting, the amorous Marto followed the old man into the room prepared.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

They were lunching at Colchester when these amorous chapters were reached.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

But in the midst of our amorous occupations we were called to dinner.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Roman, but that I was thought to be amorous of my landlord's girls.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Yes, and I know that at the amorous crisis he ceases to squint.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Synonyms for amorous

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