loving

[luhv-ing]

adjective

1. feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond.

   loving glances.

loving

/ ˈlʌvɪŋ /

adjective

1. feeling, showing, or indicating love and affection

Other Word Forms

• lovingness noun
• lovingly adverb
• nonloving adjective
• unloving adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loving¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English lovyng; replacing Middle English lovende, Old English lufiende; love, -ing ²

Idioms and Phrases

see tender loving care.

Example Sentences

I met good women, all intelligent, kind, loving and wise.

From Los Angeles Times

“I found my community here, a place of loving, supportive and empathetic people. Nudist or not, that’s hard to find.”

From Los Angeles Times

I can tell you from having daughters — because most times it’s portrayed as the girls are loving for the boys.

From Los Angeles Times

My ultimate purpose is to be of loving service to the world, and I cannot be that if I have emptied my life into someone else’s.

From Los Angeles Times

I love the idea of showing my kid or kids the things I grew up loving to do — taking them to a Dodger game or the Farmers Market or the Hollywood Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• admiring 
• affectionate 
• amiable 
• attentive 
• benevolent 
• caring 
• considerate 
• cordial 
• dear 
• devoted 
• doting 
• earnest 
• faithful 
• friendly 
• generous 
• loyal 
• passionate 
• romantic 
• thoughtful 
• warm