amorous
/AM-er-us/adjectiveshowing or feeling romantic love or desire
“The comedy hinges on an amorous misdelivered letter.”
- Synonyms
- romantic, passionate, ardent
- Antonyms
- cold, indifferent
- Root
- am- (love)
- Memory hook
- amor (love) + ous: full of love.
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