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单词 lovey-doveyness
释义

lovey-dovey

adjective

ˌlə-vē-ˈdə-vē How to pronounce lovey-dovey (audio)
: expressing much love or sentimentality
also : mushy
lovey-doveyness
ˌlə-vē-ˈdə-vē-nəs How to pronounce lovey-dovey (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • chocolate-box
  • cloying
  • corny
  • drippy
  • fruity
  • gooey
  • maudlin
  • mawkish
  • mushy
  • novelettish
  • saccharine
  • sappy
  • schmaltzy
  • sentimental
  • sloppy
  • slushy
  • soppy
  • soupy
  • spoony
  • spooney
  • sticky
  • sugarcoated
  • sugary
  • wet
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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

lovey-doveyness

noun

as in sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion) the lovey-doveyness of the wedding vows, personally written by the couple, had me rolling my eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • sentimentality
  • sentimentalism
  • saccharinity
  • emotion
  • syrup
  • soppiness
  • mawkishness
  • bathos
  • sloppiness
  • sappiness
  • gooeyness
  • mushiness
  • sentiment
  • mush
  • sirup
  • corn
  • hokeyness
  • hokiness
  • schmaltz
  • corniness
  • schmalz

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hardheadedness
  • cynicism
  • hard-heartedness
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