affections

Roget-categorie 820

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.1. Affections in general
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#820. Affections

zelfstandig naamwoord

affections, affect — character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone — temper, temperament — diathesis^†, idiosyncrasy — cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul — predilection, turn, natural turn of mind — bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness^†, propension^†, propendency^† — vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle — sympathy etc. (love) 897.
soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man — heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood — heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis [Lat.] — secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart — inmost heart, inmost soul — backbone.
passion, pervading spirit — ruling passion, master passion — furore^† — fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul.
energy, fervor, fire, force.

werkwoord

have affections, possess affections etc. n. — be of a character etc. n. — be affected etc. adj. — breathe.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast — attempered^†, tempered — framed — predisposed — prone, inclined — having a bias etc. n. — tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with.
inborn, inbred, ingrained — deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate — pathoscopic^† — congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain.
affective.

bijwoord

in one's heart etc. n. — at heart — heart and soul etc. 821.

uitdrukking

affection is a coal that must be cool'd else affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffer'd it will set the heart on fire" [Venus and Adonis].

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