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Antonyms for loves

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : luhv
Phonetic Transcription : lÊŒv

Definition of loves

Origin :
  • Old English lufu "love, affection, friendliness," from Proto-Germanic *lubo (cf. Old High German liubi "joy," German Liebe "love;" Old Norse, Old Frisian, Dutch lof; German Lob "praise;" Old Saxon liof, Old Frisian liaf, Dutch lief, Old High German liob, German lieb, Gothic liufs "dear, beloved").
  • The Germanic words are from PIE *leubh- "to care, desire, love" (cf. Latin lubet, later libet "pleases;" Sanskrit lubhyati "desires;" Old Church Slavonic l'ubu "dear, beloved;" Lithuanian liaupse "song of praise").
  • "Even now," she thought, "almost no one remembers Esteban and Pepita but myself. Camilla alone remembers her Uncle Pio and her son; this woman, her mother. But soon we shall die and all memory of those five will have left the earth, and we ourselves shall be loved for a while and forgotten. But the love will have been enough; all those impulses of love return the love that made them. Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." [Thornton Wilder, "Bridge of San Luis Rey," 1927]
  • Meaning "a beloved person" is from early 13c. The sense "no score" (in tennis, etc.) is 1742, from the notion of "playing for love," i.e. "for nothing" (1670s). Phrase for love or money "for anything" is attested from 1580s. Love seat is from 1904. Love-letter is attested from mid-13c.; love-song from early 14c. To fall in love is attested from early 15c. To be in love with (someone) is from c.1500. To make love is from 1570s in the sense "pay amorous attention to;" as a euphemism for "have sex," it is attested from c.1950. Love life "one's collective amorous activities" is from 1919, originally a term in psychological jargon. Love affair is from 1590s. The phrase no love lost (between two people) is ambiguous and was used 17c. in reference to two who love each other well (c.1640) as well as two who have no love for each other (1620s).
  • noun adoration; very strong liking
  • noun person who is loved by another
  • verb adore, like very much
  • verb have sexual relations
Example sentences :
  • They understand it, up to the level of their own stature; they know who loves them, but not who loves virtue.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The God of truth cannot love the unlovely in the same way as he loves the lovely.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But you do get tired of a mother always keeping on telling you how much she loves you.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "I will think of my new sister who loves him," replied Hester.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He loves you too, and only wants you to ask him to help you.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She loves the trees and the grass and the flowers—and everything that's simple and real!
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • But, dear Toinette, tell me, do you think that he loves me as much as he says he does?
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • My only hope of Ned, if he loves me—and God knows whether he does or no!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • I believe every man's a brute when the woman he loves defies him.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • That is a great deal nowadays, and he loves you most sincerely.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Synonyms for loves

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