affection
Meaning of affection
- The act of affecting or acting upon.
- The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
- An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
- An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
- A feeling of love or strong attachment.
I have a lot of affection for my little sister.
- Disease; morbid symptom; malady.
verb
To feel affection for.
Information about affection
- The plural form of affection is: affections.
- Languages in which affection is used:
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Hyphenation of affection
af-fec-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- affection is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
affection synonyms
Meaning affectionateness:
affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
Meaning :
attachment, kindness, love, passion
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