Affection

[ə'fekʃ(ə)n] or [ə'fɛkʃən]

Definition

(noun.) a positive feeling of liking; 'he had trouble expressing the affection he felt'; 'the child won everyone's heart'; 'the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home'.

Edited by Leopold--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

(n.) An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.

(n.) Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.

(n.) A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.

(n.) Prejudice; bias.

(n.) Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.

(n.) The lively representation of any emotion.

(n.) Affectation.

(n.) Passion; violent emotion.

Editor: Maggie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Feeling, passion, inclination, propensity, bent, bias, turn of mind, cast or frame of mind.[2]. Attribute, quality, property, accident, modification, mode.[3]. Love, heart, attachment, kindness, partiality, fondness, liking, tenderness, endearment, regard, good-will, tender passion.[4]. (Med.) Disorder, malady, disease.

Edited by Johanna

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Influence, condition, state, inclination, bent, mood, humor, feeling, love,desire, propensity

ANT:Insensibility, indifference, repugnance, disaffection, repulsion

Edited by Estelle

Definition

n. kindness or love: attachment: (Shak.) affectation: an attribute or property: a disposition of mind: a disease or abnormal state of body or mind.—adjs. Affec′tional; Affec′tionate full of affection: loving: (obs.) eager passionate well inclined to; Affec′tionated (obs.).—adv. Affec′tionately.—n. Affec′tionateness.—adj. Affec′tioned (B.) affected disposed: (Shak.) full of affectation.

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Examples

Editor: Stephen

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