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CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
​WordMap: Love and Romance Untranslatable Words for Emotions - words of the world with no English equivalent ​
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EXPRESSING LOVE


​Words of Love and Affection
It commitment to love and your partner to let them know fully what love means and what they mean to you, and not just on 'special' occasions. Every day is a special occasion, and an opportunity to appreciate the gift of living with love in your life.

There are no words, best or otherwise, that will describe love in a way that will satisfy everyone. It’s subjective. There isn’t a phrase that will give everyone a lightbulb moment and a reason to respond, “That’s it! Now I know what love is. Now I can love, be loved and, maybe, be in love.”

We can categorize it like unconditional and conditional, free, passionate, romantic, selfless and self, playful, divine, maternal and paternal, brotherly and sisterly, eternal and endless.

Definitions of Love Terms
Let's start by looking at the definitions of terms used to refer to people in love or love itself.
  • Adore: Loving someone very much
  • Affection: A tender and warm feeling toward someone; extreme fondness.
  • Amore: The Italian word for love.
  • Amour: From the French word for love, this is a serious love affair, usually a secret one.
  • Cherish: Have great affection and caring for someone.
  • Court: Another word for dating which refers to the man trying to convince the woman to marry him.
  • Enchant: Attracting someone, or casting a spell over them.
  • Fancy: Has a strong liking or love for someone.
  • Head over heels: To be totally infatuated with someone.
  • Hold dear: To have a lot of affection for someone.
  • Hots for: Slang expression for desire for someone.
  • Idolize: To totally love someone and not see their faults.
  • Long for: To really want someone.
  • Passion: A very strong love for someone.
  • Rapture: The feeling you get when you are in love.
  • Spark: The attraction between two people.
  • Sugar baby: A nickname for your partner.
  • Treasure: Consider valuable or rare
  • True love: Your lover or soul mate
  • Worship: To adore intensely.
  • Yearning:!very strong urge to be with someone

Expressing Love
Hopefully the previous definitions helped you on your quest to find words to express love. Here are some ways to say, "I love you":
  • I cherish you.
  • I want a lifetime with you.
  • I adore you.
  • I am better because of you.
  • I need you by my side.
  • I cannot stop thinking about you.
  • My love for you is unconditional and eternal.

Sometimes you can say, "I love you" by telling the other person what they are to you or what they mean to you. Here is a list of possible things to say that all start with "You":
  • You: complete me, mean the world to me, cast a spell on me, light up my life, stole my heart, hold the key to my heart, lift me up, rock my world, and make my heart skip a beat.
  • You are: the light of my life, a dream come true, all I want, the apple of my eye, the best thing that ever happened to me, my perfect match, the one I've always wished for, and the one for me.
  • You are my: everything, heart's desire, life, world, treasure, one and only, sunshine, one true love, strength, and reason for living.

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  • Every day I look at you and feel love and inspiration.
  • If I were spelling out my favorite thing in the world, it’d be spelled ‘ Y-O-U‘
  • I don’t even want to think about what life would be like without you.
  • Everything you do in my life adds to my happiness, subtracts from my sadness, and multiplies my joy!
  • I can’t wait to spend the rest of our lives together.
  • Sometimes I can’t stop looking at you… you look too damn good.
  • You are the person I want to spend my life with – my soul mate.
  • I can’t believe how perfectly we were made for each other.
  • You are the sunshine in my day and the moonlight of my nights.
  • I just wouldn’t feel complete without you.
  • Everything about you turns me on.
  • I cherish you above anything else in my life.
  • I can’t believe how hard I’ve fallen for you.
  • You make my soul sing when you walk into a room.
  • I feel such powerful adoration for you and only you.
  • You are my treasure – the most precious thing in my life.
  • I love you more and more every day.
  • When I wake up, I’m smiling, because it’s another day with you.
  • I will never love another person with as much intensity as I love you.
  • How did you become the utterly amazing person that you are?
  • You are the best boyfriend/husband in the entire world.
  • I’m so excited that we have so much time to be with each other.
  • Every time I see you, you leave me breathless.
  • To you – the only person I will ever love.
  • I can’t say it enough – I love you more than anything.

Words to Express Feelings of Love
Below are some words you can use to express your Feelings of Love.
  • Adore
  • Affection
  • Amour
  • Amore
  • Compassion
  • Communication
  • Court
  • Caring
  • Chocolate
  • Cherish
  • Emptiness
  • Enchant
  • Fondness
  • Flip over
  • Forever
  • Friendship
  • Fancy
  • Heart
  • Hope
  • Hugs
  • Honesty
  • Hots for
  • Hold dear
  • Happiness
  • Idolize
  • Joy
  • Kiss
  • Love
  • Loyalty
  • Long for
  • Magical
  • Perfect
  • Passion
  • Romance
  • Rapture
  • Sweet
  • Selfless
  • Spark
  • Trust
  • Treasure
  • True love
  • Warm
  • Warmth
  • Yearning
CAPACITY FOR LOVE: A look at love, affection, and sex and all that is wrapped up in relationships.
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