Affectionate Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Affectionate crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on February 27 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Affectionate has a total of 4 letters.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%WARMAffectionateWall Street Journal
20%LOVEYDOVEYOutwardly affectionateUniversal
20%KIDDOAffectionate nicknameLA Times
20%FURBABIESPet dogs and cats affectionatelyNew York Times
20%TLCAffectionate attention for shortNew York Times
20%NESSIELoch monster affectionatelyUniversal

Definition

Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich.
In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed.
Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.
To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment.
To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer.
To become ardent or animated; as, the speake/ warms as he proceeds.
The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating.

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