loves

Noun

love (countable and uncountable, plural loves)

1. (uncountable) A deep caring for the existence of another.
2. A profound and caring affection towards someone.
   • A mother’s love is not easily shaken.

   Antonyms:

   hate, hatred, angst, indifference

3. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.
   • The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving—and this love is … the highest of all the Divine commands[.]1864, Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government

   Antonyms:

   hate, hatred, angst, indifference

4. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.
   • I have never been in love as much as I have with you.

   Antonyms:

   hate, hatred, angst, indifference

5. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.
   • My love of cricket knows no bounds.

   Antonyms:

   hate, hatred, angst, indifference

6. (countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.
   • Open the temple gates unto my love.1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion

   Synonyms:

   baby, darling, honey, lover, pet, sweetheart, babber, babe, precious, bae

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