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loving

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Expressing a large amount of love to other people.

Pronunciation

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luhving

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈlʌvɪŋ

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

noun

  1. The action of the verb to love.

  2. One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Mentone. It is the least populous county in Texas.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Expressing a large amount of love to other people; affectionate.

Used this way, loving is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It carries more force than its gentler alternatives. It turns up most in personal or emotional discussion and literature or storytelling contexts.

Emotional tone
Positive
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Strong
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Affectionate
Usage feel
Everyday but emotionally strong

Where it naturally appears

  • Personal/emotional discussion
  • Literature/storytelling

Usage note

Loving is emotionally heavy: it suggests deep or lasting feeling, not a passing mood, so it can overstate a small reaction.

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

More ways to use loving

  • “Our dog is very loving and always greets us with a wagging tail.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Counties / village

loving relationshiploving family

Feeling

loving heart

Ellipsis

loving wife

Other combinations

loving kindnessloving godloving fatherloving mother

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Similar Words, What’s the Difference?

Close in meaning, but not always interchangeable.

  • enamored

    In love, amorous.

  • amorous

    Of or relating to, or produced by, love.

  • amatory

    Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.

Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • lovinglyadverbDerived adverb

    With fondness.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • loving cupnounCompound term

    A large drinking vessel (usually with two handles) that people drink out of in turn at a banquet.

  • loving-kindnessnounCompound term

    Tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection.

  • acid-lovingadjectiveCompound term

    Thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7).

  • tender loving carenounCompound term

    Considerate and solicitous care.

  • alkaline-lovingadjectiveCompound term

    Thriving in a relatively alkaline environment.

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Antonyms

Sense: expressing a large amount of love to other people

unloving

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