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

• lovingly adverb
• lovingness noun
• 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

“Children and marriages and families need more than just loving thoughts,” said Begg.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

But Denmark's social affairs minister Sophie Hæstorp Andersen tells the BBC the government will not reopen cases of adoption because each of these children is now settled with a "loving and caring family".

Read more on BBC

The things we keep and use in the kitchen, especially, can conjure powerful memories: aromatic reminders of nurturing care and loving connection as well as less savory bites of deprivation, regret, disappointment and loss.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Angelica, the more accomplished and sociable of the two sisters, and Eliza, loving and steadfast, had six adult siblings and were descended from a large, prosperous New York family of Dutch origin.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

He said Joss pushed him out of the way, saving his life, and added that his husband “was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.”

Read more on 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