Synonyms for amorousness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : am-er-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈæm ər əs

Définition of amorousness

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.

noun love

Example sentences :

He gazed down upon her with a mixture of amorousness and awe.
Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis

She did not love him, and the amorousness of the unloved is a bore.
Extract from : « Coquette » by Frank Swinnerton

Her trouble was that thoughts and ambitions were in conflict with Gaga's amorousness.
Extract from : « Coquette » by Frank Swinnerton

Men, when it came to her type of beauty, were a little too suggestive of their amorousness.
Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

As she would not endure the amorousness, irritability invariably resulted.
Extract from : « Shadows of Flames » by Amelie Rives

We know his defiant celebrations of Sex, of amorousness, of maternity; of that Love of Comrades which "passeth the love of women."
Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys

I can no longer justify it by my love for the beautiful, or my amorousness, or the faults of my companion.
Extract from : « My Religion » by Leo Tolstoy

The spectacle of their passion will doubtless be a new one for me, and I shall give my amorousness a rest.
Extract from : « Ancient Manners » by Pierre Louys

Antonyms for amorousness

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