Antonyms for attachments
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-tach-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈtætʃ mənt |
Definition of attachments
Origin :- c.1400, "arrest of a person on judicial warrant" (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin), from French attachement, from attacher (see attach). Application to property (including, later, wages) dates from 1590s; meaning "sympathy, devotion" is recorded from 1704; that of "something that is attached to something else" dates from 1797 and has become perhaps the most common use since the rise of e-mail.
- noun fastening
- noun something joined, fastened to another
- noun affection, high regard
- The muscles which move the bones vary largely in their attachments.
- Extract from : « On Some Fossil Remains of Man » by Thomas H. Huxley
- His reasoning was that the attachments we form are only emanations of our own selfishness.
- Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Will you allow us nothing to the credit of our fidelity,—to our attachments, madame?
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- Did you expect that the attachments of a people were to reach you by the post?
- Extract from : « St. Patrick's Eve » by Charles James Lever
- His attachments were warm but fickle both in choice and duration.
- Extract from : « Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs » by Henry H. Harper
- His attachments were warm, but fickle, both in choice and duration.'
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter in London » by William Roberts
- Yet she was capable of attachments, strong as her own nature.
- Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
- The other tools and attachments needed will be described as I come to them in use.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting » by Eugene E. Hall
- The Loyalists, from their attachments, surely had some claim to our affection.
- Extract from : « The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Edgerton Ryerson
- What right have you, monseigneur, to demand an account of my attachments and friendships?
- Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
Synonyms for attachments
- accessory
- accoutrement
- adapter
- addition
- adjunct
- affinity
- amore
- annex
- appendage
- appurtenance
- attraction
- auxiliary
- bond
- case
- clamp
- connection
- connector
- coupling
- crush
- devotion
- extension
- extra
- fastener
- fidelity
- fitting
- fixture
- fondness
- friendship
- hankering
- joint
- junction
- liking
- link
- love
- loyalty
- part
- partiality
- possessiveness
- regard
- shine
- supplement
- tenderness
- tie
- weakness
- yen
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