affection
/əˈfɛk.ʃən/
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness
- plural
- affections
Meanings
- 1
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind
Tom has a deep affection for Mary.
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She is hungry for affection.
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- 2
A feeling of love or strong attachment; a feeling of enjoyable and comforting fondness
- 3
The act of affecting or acting uponrare
- 4
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perceptionrare
- 5
An attribute; a quality or property; a conditionrare
- 6
A disease; a morbid symptom; a maladyrare