as in affair
a brief romantic relationship
in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones
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Audio amour From animal encounters to Chance Encounters, CNN Travel’s hit series about love and friendship is now a new CNN podcast.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Venus in Aries is a force to be reckoned with regarding both matters of amour and of money.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
More poignant is the revelation that, despite being the writer of dozens of anthemic love songs, Warren has no great amour of her own.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The result is at once a ghost story, a tale of amour fou, a settling of accounts, and, one senses, a deeply personal act of expiation.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Venus in Aries is a force to be reckoned with regarding both matters of amour and of money.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2025
More poignant is the revelation that, despite being the writer of dozens of anthemic love songs, Warren has no great amour of her own.
—Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
The result is at once a ghost story, a tale of amour fou, a settling of accounts, and, one senses, a deeply personal act of expiation.
—Leslie Camhi, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
Noun
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Amanda, who also had an affair with Oliver, backs up the lie without flinching.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the future timeline, it’s revealed that Bree and Wrigley began having an affair at Bree and Evan’s engagement party.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
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This enchanting and timeless tale, filled with the romance and grandeur audiences know and love, features spectacular new sets and dazzling costumes.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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If all of their notoriously violent fights are going to be like this, the show is going to struggle to sustain the tumultuousness of their romance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sabrina Bartlett appears in Bridgerton season 1 as Siena Rosso, an opera singer who has a secret fling with Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Feb. 2026
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In fact, the illicit couple seemed to enjoy flaunting their fling.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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