Synonym: admiration. Similar words: affectionate, affectation, infection, affect, effectively, effectiveness, affliction, section. Meaning: [-kʃn] n. a positive feeling of liking.
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121, Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear. Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worst, returned. But one thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within. Sigmund Freud
122, This hasn't stopped me admiring, respecting and feeling affection for Steffi.
123, She'd always believed in the strength of her parents' marriage, the power of its mutual affection.
124, I could refuse to buy her a car, but I could not insist that she feel some affection for me.
125, She pointed out that they rarely seemed to express affection towards Pamela and that this might be making her feel insecure.
126, Two friendly, hospitable brothers own and run the Hotel Gallini and regard both the hotel and their guests with great affection.
127, Alison and I had been at school together,(sentencedict.com) and I felt great affection for her.
128, He gave her physical protection, but never showed her any affection again.
129, I can not believe that you were quite unaware of my growing affection for you.
130, That she does it for the money, which symbolises affection, emotional security and personal achievement.
131, Her somnolent black eyes and tenderly pursed pink lips intrude upon the eggshell delicacy of her face with the most delicate affection.
132, Jonadab was taken aback, not being a man given to overt affection.
133, I should do more, but how can I express physical affection for Bob without being a phony?
134, By contrast, Dole and his wife, Elizabeth, rarely display affection in public.
135, Like Benno Moiseiwitsch, Cortot confessed to a special affection for Schumann, whose music is at the very heart of romanticism.
136, I remember with great affection, Teacher Doris and Teacher George.
137, It was as genuine as her affection for the old man.
138, I was being kissed a lot lately: I needed the affection[sentencedict.com], I can tell you.
139, We were classless, building up a mutual affection with those who watched us.
140, Even before I was a radio reporter, I had developed an inexplicable affection for pay phones.
141, And it is his deep affection for Jane as a child that saves her, while Owens' fortune merely supports her.
142, There is no one simple formula as to how each parent should give affection.
143, Perhaps they felt pity and affection for the animals moving through a world by which they were doomed to be destroyed.
144, Move to Autonomy: Setting Limits Children who receive affection and messages of acceptance are likely to feel secure.
145, By winter, a real affection had developed between Lovat and Topaz.
146, They were being brought up with the same affection the Sheikha gave her own daughter.
147, He knew he must treat her affection for him seriously.
148, His greatest strength-the manifest affection and trust of the voters-was also his most debilitating weakness.
149, I have great admiration and affection for the majority of my neighbours.
150, Thus it can learn to need affection from people too.
More similar words: affectionate, affectation, infection, affect, effectively, effectiveness, affliction, section, election, direction, selection, objection, projection, collection, connection, reflection, protection, inspection, introspection, effect, in all directions, in effect, take effect, environmental protection, the greenhouse effect, action, fiction, auction, function, reaction.