Definition of affectionate
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: motivated by affection : tender
- affectionate care
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Examples of affectionate in a Sentence
an affectionate child who gives hugs and kisses freely
Recent Examples of affectionate from the Web
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The positioning of the two skeletons strongly suggests a very close and affectionate relationship between the human and the animal — as if the puppy was intended to accompany its owner into the afterlife.
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MacNicol adopts a tone of affectionate awe when writing about the important women in her life, the friends whose lives have intertwined with hers from her early days in the city as a 20-something waitress.
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The windows on Commercial Row, and Front street, were crowded with ladies, giving him a silent, tho’ not less affectionate welcome.
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Daequan and Raya are affectionate siblings of African-American descent who are looking to be adopted together.
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Brian Tyree Henry as Miles's overbearing but affectionate cop dad gets the best joke in the trailer.
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And since then, the affectionate body language has only continued, from various royal appearances to their first black-tie event in February.
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After Grace's experiment, Nicholas turns out to be a human after all — a human who remains surprisingly affectionate to a woman who shot him.
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Como, the once maniacal, me-hating escape artist, settled into a serene and even affectionate middle age, his morning bed visits and metronomic tail wags for food and walks and nightly treats a steady backbeat to our empty-nest life.
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affectionate Synonyms
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
aloof, antisocial, cold-eyed, cool, detached, distant, dry, frosty, hard-hearted, indifferent, offish, pitiless, remote, reserved, standoffish, unbending, uncaring, unfeeling;
disaffected, unconcerned, uninvolved;
cold, frigid, unfriendly;
callous, cold-blooded, heartless, pitiless, ruthless, unromantic, unsentimental;
Related Words
caring, compassionate, considerate, cordial, doting, forgiving, kind, understanding, warmhearted;
ardent, fervent, impassioned, passionate, warm;
enamored, infatuated, lovesick;
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: feeling or showing love and affection
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