affection
affection is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.
- noun. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc. , are affections of bodies.
- noun. Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.
- noun. A settled good will; kind feeling; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children.
- noun. Prejudice; bias.
- noun. Disease; morbid symptom; malady; as, a pulmonary affection.
- noun. The lively representation of any emotion.
- noun. Affectation.
- noun. Passion; violent emotion.
- noun. a positive feeling of liking
"he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"
"the child won everyone's heart"
Synonyms
fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
Common word forms
affections, affectional, affectioned, affectionless
Words from these letters
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