The baby transferred its affection to its new mother.
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Affection
//əˈfɛk.ʃən//
Synonyms for "affection" (237 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (71)
concernconditioncongenital defectconjugal lovecrushdefectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedemonstrativenessderangementdesiredevotiondisabilitydiseasedisorderdistemperdisturbancedotingecstasy
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emotionemotional chargeemotional lifeemotional shadeemotionsenchantmentendemicendemic diseaseendocrine diseaseenjoyingepidemic diseaseerosexperiencefacultyfaithful lovefancyfeaturefeelingfeeling tonefeelingsfervorfiner feelingsflamefondnessforebodingfree lovefree-lovismfriendshipfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegoatishnessgoodwillgustgustogut reactionhandicapheartheartthrobhereditary diseasehero worshiphigh regardhorninessiatrogenic diseaseidolatryidolismidolizationillillness
Noun(1 words)
Related words (118)
impressioninclinationindispositioninfatuationinfectious diseaseinfirmityinterestlasciviousnessleaninglibidolikelikeslikinglovelovelornnesslovemakinglovesicknessmaladymalaisemark
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married lovemoodmorbiditymorbusmuscular diseaseneurological diseasenutritional diseaseoccupational diseaseorganic diseasepandemic diseaseparoxysmpassionpassionspathological conditionpathologypeculiaritypenchantphysical lovepietypipplant diseaseplatonic lovepopular regardpopularitypredilectionpresentimentprofound sensepropensitypropertyprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseasequalityrapturereactionregardrelishrespiratory diseaseresponserockinessromanticismsavoir-fairesavorsecondary diseaseseedinesssensationsensesensibilitiessensibilitysentimentsentimentalitysentimentssexsexinesssexual loveshinesickishnesssicknesssignsignsspellspiritual lovesusceptibilitiessusceptibilitysympathiessympathysymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndrometastetender feelingtender passiontender susceptibilitiestendernessthe pipthingtraittrueloveturnundercurrenturogenital diseaseuxoriousnessvirtuevirus diseasewarmthwasting diseaseweaknessworm diseaseworshipyearning
Verb(1 words)
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1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
13 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
116 translations across 39 languages.
Basque
1 entries- maitasun noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Belarusian
3 entries- прывя́занасць noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- прыхі́льнасць noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- пяшчо́тнасць noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- नेह noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обич noun (state of being affected)
- обич noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- привързаност noun (state of being affected)
Catalan
3 entries- afecció noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- afecte noun (act of affecting)
- afecte noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 喜愛 /喜爱 noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- 慈愛 /慈爱 noun (any emotion)
Czech
3 entries- afekt noun (any emotion)
- emoce noun (any emotion)
- pocit noun (any emotion)
Danish
4 entries- affekt noun (any emotion)
- følelse noun (any emotion)
- påvirkning noun (act of affecting)
- påvirkning noun (state of being affected)
Egyptian
1 entries- st-t:ib noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Esperanto
3 entries- korinklino noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- simpatio noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- ŝato noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Finnish
4 entries- affektio noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- kiintymys noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- liikuttaminen noun (act of affecting)
- liikutus noun (state of being affected)
Galician
3 entries- afecto noun (act of affecting)
- afecto noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- cariño noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Gallurese
1 entries- affettu noun (any emotion)
German
3 entries- Rührung noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- Zuneigung noun (any emotion)
- Zuneigung noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Greek
4 entries- ασθένεια noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- πάθηση noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- στοργή noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- συγκίνηση noun (act of affecting)
Hebrew
1 entries- חיבה noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Hindi
3 entries- प्यार noun (any emotion)
- स्नेह noun (any emotion)
- स्नेह noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Hungarian
4 entries- benyomás noun (act of affecting)
- hatás noun (act of affecting)
- kihatás noun (act of affecting)
- szeretet noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Indonesian
1 entries- afeksi noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Irish
1 entries- caithis noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Italian
2 entries- affetto noun (any emotion)
- affetto noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Japanese
2 entries- 愛情 noun (any emotion)
- 愛情 noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Latvian
4 entries- afekts noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- ietekme noun (act of affecting)
- ietekme noun (state of being affected)
- ietekmēšana noun (act of affecting)
Malay
1 entries- afeksi noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Middle English
1 entries- loverede noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Māori
3 entries- konakona noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- matihere noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- āka noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- محبت noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Polish
3 entries- afekcja noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- afekt noun (state of being affected)
- afekt noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Portuguese
4 entries- afecção noun ((archaic in English) medicine: morbid symptom)
- afeição noun (any emotion)
- afeição noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- afetação noun (act of affecting)
Russian
3 entries- любо́вь noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- привя́занность noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- эмоция noun (any emotion)
Sardinian
1 entries- ameddu noun (any emotion)
Sassarese
1 entries- affettu noun (any emotion)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- rùn noun (any emotion)
- rùn noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- tlachd noun (state of being affected)
- tlachd noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Spanish
4 entries- afección noun (act of affecting)
- afección noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- afecto noun (act of affecting)
- afecto noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Telugu
2 entries- అనురాగం noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- మమత noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Tocharian B
1 entries- larauñe noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Turkish
4 entries- duygulanmak noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- duygusal yakınlık noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
- eğilim noun (any emotion)
- eğilim noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прихи́льність noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Yiddish
1 entries- ליבשאַפֿט noun (feeling of love or strong attachment)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Every mother has affection for her child.
Source: tatoeba (51687)
His affection for Saori was not reciprocated.
Source: tatoeba (54151)
The children were hungry for affection.
Source: tatoeba (246055)
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