Poetic Expressions of Love

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Merely a simple, yet exhaustive list of words used in love poems, sonnets, haiku, and other forms of love's expressions... I hope you find the word collection of value in your pursuits of L-O-V-E....
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  1. admirer
    someone who esteems or respects or approves
  2. admiringly
    with admiration
  3. adoration
    the act of admiring strongly
  4. adoringly
    with adoration
  5. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  6. affection
    a positive feeling of liking
  7. affectionately
    in a warm, kind, and friendly way
  8. allegiance
    the act of binding yourself to a course of action
  9. amity
    a state of friendship and cordiality
  10. amorousness
    a feeling of love or fondness
  11. amorous
    inclined toward or displaying love
  12. amour
    a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
  13. angel
    spiritual being attendant upon God
  14. appreciation
    understanding of the nature or meaning of something
  15. appreciatively
    with appreciation; in a grateful manner
  16. ardently
    in an ardent manner
  17. ardor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  18. attachment
    the act of affixing something
  19. attentively
    in a thoughtful manner
  20. beau
    a man with whom one has a romantic relationship
  21. beloved
    dearly loved
  22. blissfully
    in a blissful manner
  23. blithely
    in a joyous, carefree, or unconcerned manner
  24. boyfriend
    a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman
  25. cheerfully
    in a cheerful manner
  26. cheerily
    in a cheerful manner
  27. cherish
    be fond of
  28. compassionately
    in a compassionate manner
  29. considerately
    in a considerate manner
  30. contentedly
    with equanimity
  31. cordially
    in a politely friendly manner
  32. courtier
    an attendant for a monarch
  33. crush
    compress with force, out of natural shape or condition
  34. darling
    a special loved one
  35. dear
    a beloved person
  36. dearest
    a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
  37. dearly
    in a sincere and heartfelt manner
  38. delight
    a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
  39. delightedly
    with delight
  40. delightfully
    in a delightful manner
  41. devotedly
    with devotion
  42. devotedness
    feelings of ardent love
  43. devotion
    commitment to some purpose
  44. earnestly
    in a sincere and serious manner
  45. ecstatically
    in an ecstatic manner
  46. emotion
    any strong feeling
  47. enchantment
    a magical spell
  48. endearingly
    in an adorable manner
  49. enjoyment
    act of receiving pleasure from something
  50. enthusiastically
    in an eager manner
  51. etherialise
    make ethereal
  52. felicitously
    in a felicitous manner
  53. fervently
    with strong emotion or zeal
  54. fervor
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
  55. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  56. flame
    combustion of materials producing heat and light and smoke
  57. fondly
    with fondness; with love
  58. fondness
    a positive feeling of liking or affection
  59. freely
    in a free manner
  60. friendship
    the state of being a helpful ally
  61. gaily
    in a joyous or happy manner
  62. generously
    in a free or giving manner
  63. genially
    in an affable manner
  64. girlfriend
    a girl or woman with whom one is romantically involved
  65. gleefully
    in a joyous manner
  66. gratefully
    with appreciation; in a grateful manner
  67. hankering
    a yearning for something or to do something
  68. heartily
    with gusto and without reservation
  69. honey
    a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees
  70. idolatry
    the worship of objects or images as gods
  71. inamorata
    a woman with whom one is in love
  72. inamorato
    a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
  73. inclination
    the act of bending forward
  74. infatuation
    a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love
  75. involvement
    the act of sharing in the activities of a group
  76. jocundity
    a feeling facetious merriment
  77. jovially
    in a jovial manner
  78. joyfully
    in a joyous and gleeful manner
  79. joyously
    in a joyous and gleeful manner
  80. kindly
    in a kind manner or out of kindness
  81. like
    having the same or similar characteristics
  82. longingly
    in a yearning manner
  83. love
    a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
  84. loved one
    a person who you love, usually a member of your family
  85. lover
    a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
  86. lovingly
    with fondness; with love
  87. loyally
    with loyalty; in a loyal manner
  88. lust
    a strong sexual desire
  89. merrily
    in a joyous manner
  90. paradisiacal
    relating to or befitting Paradise
  91. paramour
    a lover, especially a secret or illicit one
  92. partiality
    an inclination to favor one group or view over alternatives
  93. passion
    a strong feeling or emotion
  94. passionately
    with passion
  95. pet
    a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
  96. piety
    righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
  97. pleasantly
    in an enjoyable manner
  98. pleasingly
    in a pleasing manner
  99. pleasurably
    in a very pleasurable manner
  100. radiancy
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  101. rapture
    a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
  102. rapturously
    in an ecstatic manner
  103. readily
    without much difficulty
  104. regard
    the condition of being honored or respected
  105. relish
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  106. respect
    regard highly; think much of
  107. respectfully
    in a courteous and considerate manner
  108. reverently
    with deep and solemn respect
  109. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
  110. soft spot
    a sentimental affection
  111. spark
    a small fragment of a burning substance
  112. suitor
    a man who courts a woman
  113. swain
    a young male suitor
  114. sweet
    having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
  115. sweetheart
    a person loved by another person
  116. sweetly
    in an affectionate or loving manner
  117. taste
    the faculty or act of tasting
  118. tenderly
    with tenderness; in a tender manner
  119. tenderness
    warm compassionate feelings
  120. thoughtfully
    in a thoughtful manner
  121. truelove
    a person loved by another person
  122. valentine
    a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on February 14
  123. warmly
    in a manner having a comfortable degree of heat
  124. weakness
    a flaw
  125. willingly
    in an agreeable manner and without reluctance
  126. worship
    the activity of cherishing as divine
  127. yearning
    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  128. yearningly
    in a yearning manner
  129. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
  130. zealously
    in an enthusiastic, eager, or ardent manner
  131. zestfully
    with vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  132. alluring
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  133. kisser
    someone who kisses
  134. embracing
    the act of clasping another person in the arms
  135. voyage
    a journey to some distant place
  136. blossom
    a flower or cluster of flowers on a plant
  137. star
    a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy
  138. Angel
    the highest waterfall
  139. lover
    a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
  140. elation
    a feeling of joy and pride
  141. sensuality
    desire for sensual pleasures
  142. heart
    the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum
  143. giving
    the act of giving
  144. Darling
    an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River
  145. rose
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
  146. absence
    the state of being not present
  147. seeing
    having vision, not blind
  148. tasting
    a kind of sensing
  149. touching
    arousing affect
  150. holding
    the act of retaining something
  151. caressing
    affectionate play
  152. memorise
    commit to memory; learn by heart
  153. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  154. lasciviously
    in a lascivious manner
  155. beautiful
    pleasing to the senses
  156. gorgeous
    dazzlingly beautiful
  157. vision
    the ability to see
  158. privileged
    blessed with special advantages
  159. adoring
    extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
  160. velvet
    a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
  161. rainbow
    an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
  162. happy
    marked by good fortune
  163. Passion
    the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
  164. innocent
    free from sin
  165. dreaming
    a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
  166. delirious
    experiencing hallucinations
  167. temptation
    the act of influencing by exciting hope or desire
  168. complete
    having all necessary qualities
  169. desire
    the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  170. ad infinitum
    without or seemingly without limit
  171. always
    at all times; all the time and on every occasion
  172. aware
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  173. awareness
    state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
  174. connected
    joined or linked together
  175. connectedness
    the state of being connected
  176. connection
    a relation between things or events
  177. forever
    for a limitless time
  178. honor
    a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
  179. honorable
    deserving of esteem and respect
  180. infinite
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space
  181. infinitely
    continuing forever without end
  182. perpetuity
    the property of being seemingly ceaseless
  183. precious
    of high worth or cost
  184. preciously
    extremely
  185. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  186. precociously
    in a precocious manner
  187. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
  188. perception
    the process of becoming aware through the senses
  189. perceive
    become aware of through the senses
  190. fond
    having or displaying warmth or affection
  191. fondly
    with fondness; with love
Created on Mon Aug 23 14:22:58 EDT 2010 (updated Wed Sep 15 10:35:08 EDT 2010)

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