lovey-dovey

lovey–dovey

adj \ˌlə-vē-ˈdə-vē\

Definition of LOVEY-DOVEY

: expressing much love or sentimentality; also : mushy

— lovey–dovey·ness \-nəs\ noun

First Known Use of LOVEY-DOVEY

1886

Related to LOVEY-DOVEY

Synonyms: chocolate-box, cloying, drippy, fruity, gooey, lovey-dovey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, novelettish, saccharine, sappy, schmaltzy, sentimental, sloppy, slushy, soppy, soupy, spoony (or spooney), sticky, sugarcoated, sugary, wet

Antonyms: unsentimental

Related Words: dreamy, misty-eyed, moonstruck, moony, nostalgic, starry-eyed; feel-good, fuzzy; melodramatic, soap-operatic, soapy, sudsy; flat, insipid, soft-boiled, tasteless, vapid, watery; cutesy, twee [chiefly British]

Near Antonyms: unadulterated, unvarnished; antisentimental, cynical, hard-boiled, hard-edged, hardheaded

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