Definition of loving

"loving" in the verb sense

1. love

have a great affection or liking for

"I love French food"

"She loves her boss and works hard for him"

2. love, enjoy

get pleasure from

"I love cooking"

3. love

be enamored or in love with

"She loves her husband deeply"

4. sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

have sexual intercourse with

"This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"

"Adam knew Eve"

"Were you ever intimate with this man?"

"loving" in the adjective sense

1. loving

feeling or showing love and affection

"loving parents"

"loving glances"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

Quotations for loving

The bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring. [ Bayard Taylor ]

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. [ Dickens ]

In loving thou dost well, in passion not,
Wherein true love consists not. [ Milton ]

Nature's loving proxy, the watchful mother. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more. [ Mrs. van Alstyne ]

Make thee my knight? my knights are sworn to vows
Of utter hardihood, utter gentleness,
And, loving, utter faithfulness in love,
And uttermost obedience to the king. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [ La Bruyere ]

There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words. [ Landor ]

To love is the least of the faults of a loving woman. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

It is only by loving a thing that you can make it yours. [ George Macdonald ]

Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird.
That flies to thy breast at one cherishing word,
That folds its wild wings there, ne'er dreaming of flight.
That tenderly sings there in loving delight!
Oh! my sad heart keeps pining for one fond word,
Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird! [ Mrs. Osgood ]

Blessed influence of one true loving human soul on another. [ George Eliot ]

There is much more pleasure in loving, than in being beloved. [ Proverb ]

Loving souls are like paupers. They live on what is given them. [ Madame Swetchine ]

Thy attributes, how endearing! how parental! all loving, all forgiving. [ Hosea Ballou ]

Few men are much worth loving in whom there is not something well worth laughing at. [ Hair ]

The rarest feeling that ever lights a human face is the contentment of a loving soul. [ Henry Ward Beecher ]

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition. [ Voltaire ]

The selfish, loving only themselves, are loved by no one: so, selfishness is moral suicide. [ De Gaston ]

The heart of a loving woman is a golden sanctuary, where often there reigns an idol of clay. [ Limayrac ]

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. [ Lamartine ]

The pleasure of love is in loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we inspire. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Of all earthly music, that which reaches the farthest into heaven is the beating of a loving heart. [ H. W. Beecher ]

Many-colored, sunshine-loving, spring-betokening bee! yellow bee, so mad for love of early-blooming flowers! [ Professor Wilson ]

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them, rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

Man may go from aversion to love; but, when he has begun by loving, and has reached aversion, he never returns to love. [ Balzac ]

Foul jealousy! that turnest love divine to joyless dread, and makest the loving heart with hateful thoughts to languish and to pine. [ Spenser ]

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side. [ John Boyle O'Reilly ]

The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashions, and valuing ourselves by them, is one of the most childish pieces of folly that can be. [ Sir Matthew Hale ]

Woman seldom hesitates to sacrifice the honest man who loves her, without pleasing her, to the libertine who pleases her, without loving her. [ A. Ricard ]

After all, the head only reproduces what the heart creates; and so we give the mocking-bird credit when he imitates the loving murmurs of the dove. [ G. J. W. Melville ]

O youth! ephemeral song, eternal canticle! The world may end, the heavens fall, yet loving voices would still find an echo in the ruins of the universe! [ Jules Janin ]

There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity; both being equally subject to change. [ Pope ]

I must confess, as the experience of my own soul, that the expectation of loving my friends in heaven principally kindles my love to them while on earth. [ Richard Baxter ]

A man or a woman may be highly irritable, and yet be sweet, tender, gentle, loving, sociable, kind, charitable, thoughtful for others, unselfish, generous. [ Charles Buxton ]

Oh, if the loving, closed heart of a good woman should open before a man, how much controlled tenderness, how many veiled sacrifices and dumb virtues, would be seen reposing there! [ Richter ]

We want more loving knowledge to enable us to enjoy life, and we require to cultivate the art of making the most of the common means and appliances of enjoyment which lie about us on every side. [ Samuel Smiles ]

A loving heart carries with it, under every parallel of latitude, the warmth and light of the tropics. It plants its Eden in the wilderness and solitary place, and sows with flowers the gray desolation of rock and mosses. [ Whittier ]

The kindness of Christmas is the kindness of Christ. To know that God so loved us as to give us His Son for our dearest Brother, has brought human affection to its highest tide on the day of that Brother's birth. If God so loved us, how can we help loving one another? [ Maltbie Babcock ]

In my opinion mothers ought to bring up and suckle their own children; for they bring them up with greater affection and with greater anxiety, as loving them from the heart, and so to speak, every inch of them; but the love of a nurse is spurious and counterfeit, as loving them only for hire. [ Plutarch ]

Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at pace, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence. [ Colton ]

If the man be really the weaker vessel, and the rule is necessarily in the Wife's hands, how is it then to be? To tell the truth, I believe that the really loving, good wife never finds it out. She keeps the glamor of love and loyalty between herself and her husband, and so infuses herself into him that the weakness never becomes apparent either to her or to him or to most lookers-on. [ Charlotte M. Yonge ]

loving in Scrabble®

The word loving is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters loving:

LOVING
(42)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word loving

LOVING
(42)
LOVING
(36)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LOVING
(14)
LOVING
(14)
LOVING
(13)
LOVING
(13)
LOVING
(12)
LOVING
(12)
LOVING
(12)
LOVING
(11)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In loving

LOVING
(42)
LOVING
(36)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(33)
VIOL
(33)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(33)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(28)
VIOL
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LINGO
(24)
LOVING
(22)
VIOL
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
VIOL
(21)
LOGIN
(21)
LOGIN
(21)
LOGIN
(21)
LOGIN
(21)
LINGO
(21)
VIOL
(21)
VIOL
(21)
LONG
(21)
VIOL
(21)
LINGO
(21)
LINGO
(21)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LINGO
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LONG
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
LOGIN
(16)
VIOL
(16)
LINGO
(16)
LINGO
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOGIN
(16)
LOIN
(15)
LONG
(15)
VIOL
(15)
LOIN
(15)
LONG
(15)
LONG
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LONG
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LION
(15)
LION
(15)
LOVING
(14)
LOGIN
(14)
VIOL
(14)
VIOL
(14)
LINGO
(14)
LOGIN
(14)
VIOL
(14)
LONG
(14)
LINGO
(14)
VIOL
(14)
LINGO
(14)
LOGIN
(14)
LOVING
(14)
LINGO
(14)
LOGIN
(14)
LOVING
(13)
LOVING
(13)
LOGIN
(12)
LOG
(12)
LOG
(12)
LOGIN
(12)
LOGIN
(12)
LOVING
(12)
LOVING
(12)
LOGIN
(12)
VIOL
(12)
LONG
(12)
LOGIN
(12)
LOIN
(12)
LOVING
(12)
LOIN
(12)
LOIN
(12)
LOG
(12)
LOIN
(12)
LINGO
(12)
GIN
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LION
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LION
(12)
GIN
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LION
(12)
GIN
(12)
LION
(12)
LOVING
(11)
VIOL
(11)
LOGIN
(10)
LINGO
(10)
LOIN
(10)
LOIN
(10)
LONG
(10)
LION
(10)
LOGIN
(10)
LINGO
(10)
LONG
(10)
LONG
(10)
LONG
(10)
LION
(10)
LONG
(9)
NIL
(9)
VIOL
(9)
LINGO
(9)
VIOL
(9)
VIOL
(9)
OIL
(9)
ION
(9)
GO
(9)
ION
(9)
VIOL
(9)
NIL
(9)
ION
(9)
GO
(9)
NIL
(9)
OIL
(9)
LOGIN
(9)
OIL
(9)
LOGIN
(9)
LINGO
(8)
LION
(8)
LINGO
(8)
LION
(8)
LOGIN
(8)
LOGIN
(8)
VIOL
(8)
LINGO
(8)
LINGO
(8)
LOGIN
(8)
LINGO
(8)
LONG
(8)
LION
(8)
LOGIN
(8)
LION
(8)
LOIN
(8)
GIN
(8)
LOG
(8)
LINGO
(8)
VIOL
(8)
GIN
(8)
LOG
(8)
LOG
(8)
LOIN
(8)
GIN
(8)
GIN
(8)
LOIN
(8)
LOG
(8)
VIOL
(8)
LOIN
(8)
LOGIN
(8)
GO
(7)
LOGIN
(7)
LINGO
(7)
LOGIN
(7)
LOG
(7)
GIN
(7)
LONG
(7)
LINGO
(7)
LONG
(7)
VIOL
(7)
LONG
(7)
LONG
(7)
LONG
(7)
GO
(6)
GIN
(6)
IN
(6)
LION
(6)
NO
(6)
LOIN
(6)
LOIN
(6)
ON
(6)
LOG
(6)
LOIN
(6)
LOIN
(6)
GO
(6)

loving in Words With Friends™

The word loving is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters loving:

LOVING
(84)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word loving

LOVING
(84)
LOVING
(72)
LOVING
(66)
LOVING
(60)
LOVING
(56)
LOVING
(56)
LOVING
(54)
LOVING
(54)
LOVING
(48)
LOVING
(48)
LOVING
(42)
LOVING
(42)
LOVING
(40)
LOVING
(38)
LOVING
(36)
LOVING
(36)
LOVING
(34)
LOVING
(32)
LOVING
(32)
LOVING
(32)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(24)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(21)
LOVING
(21)
LOVING
(21)
LOVING
(20)
LOVING
(19)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(17)
LOVING
(17)
LOVING
(17)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LOVING
(14)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In loving

LOVING
(84)
LOVING
(72)
LOVING
(66)
LOVING
(60)
VIOL
(57)
LOVING
(56)
LOVING
(56)
LOVING
(54)
LOVING
(54)
LOVING
(48)
LOVING
(48)
LINGO
(45)
LOVING
(42)
LOVING
(42)
LONG
(42)
LOVING
(40)
VIOL
(39)
LINGO
(39)
LOGIN
(39)
LOGIN
(39)
LOVING
(38)
LOVING
(36)
LONG
(36)
LOVING
(36)
LOGIN
(36)
LINGO
(36)
LOVING
(34)
LINGO
(33)
LOGIN
(33)
LOGIN
(33)
LINGO
(33)
LOVING
(32)
LOVING
(32)
LOVING
(32)
LOIN
(30)
LOIN
(30)
LION
(30)
LION
(30)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(30)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
VIOL
(28)
LOVING
(28)
LOVING
(28)
VIOL
(27)
LINGO
(27)
LINGO
(27)
VIOL
(27)
LOGIN
(27)
VIOL
(27)
LINGO
(27)
LOGIN
(27)
VIOL
(27)
LOGIN
(27)
LOGIN
(26)
LOGIN
(26)
LINGO
(26)
LONG
(24)
LINGO
(24)
LONG
(24)
LONG
(24)
LOVING
(24)
LONG
(24)
LOGIN
(22)
LOVING
(22)
VIOL
(22)
LONG
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOVING
(22)
LOGIN
(22)
LINGO
(22)
LINGO
(22)
LOVING
(21)
VIOL
(21)
LOVING
(21)
LOVING
(21)
LOGIN
(20)
LONG
(20)
LINGO
(20)
LOGIN
(20)
LOVING
(20)
LINGO
(20)
LOGIN
(19)
VIOL
(19)
LOGIN
(19)
LOVING
(19)
LOGIN
(18)
LOG
(18)
LOG
(18)
LOG
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
VIOL
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
VIOL
(18)
LOGIN
(18)
VIOL
(18)
LOIN
(18)
LOIN
(18)
LOIN
(18)
VIOL
(18)
LION
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOVING
(18)
LOIN
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LION
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LION
(18)
LINGO
(18)
LION
(18)
GIN
(18)
GIN
(18)
GIN
(18)
LINGO
(17)
LOGIN
(17)
LINGO
(17)
LOVING
(17)
LOVING
(17)
LOVING
(17)
GIN
(16)
LONG
(16)
LONG
(16)
LONG
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LONG
(16)
VIOL
(16)
LONG
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOIN
(16)
LOIN
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LOVING
(16)
LONG
(16)
LION
(16)
LOG
(16)
LION
(16)
NIL
(15)
LOGIN
(15)
NIL
(15)
LINGO
(15)
LINGO
(15)
LOGIN
(15)
NIL
(15)
LOGIN
(15)
VIOL
(15)
VIOL
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LOVING
(15)
LINGO
(15)
LOGIN
(14)
LINGO
(14)
LINGO
(14)
LOGIN
(14)
VIOL
(14)
LOVING
(14)
LONG
(14)
LINGO
(13)
NIL
(13)
LINGO
(13)
VIOL
(13)
LINGO
(13)
LOGIN
(13)
LOGIN
(13)
LINGO
(13)
LONG
(13)
LOG
(12)
LONG
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LONG
(12)
LION
(12)
LOGIN
(12)
LINGO
(12)
LOG
(12)
GIN
(12)
LION
(12)
GIN
(12)
VIOL
(12)
GIN
(12)
LOG
(12)
GIN
(12)
OIL
(12)
ION
(12)
OIL
(12)
OIL
(12)
LONG
(12)
GO
(12)
GO
(12)
ION
(12)
ION
(12)
LONG
(12)
LOG
(12)

Words within the letters of loving

2 letter words in loving (4 words)

3 letter words in loving (5 words)

4 letter words in loving (4 words)

5 letter words in loving (2 words)

6 letter words in loving (1 word)

loving + 1 blank (2 words)

Words containing the sequence loving

Words that start with loving (3 words)

Words with loving in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving loving

Shorter words in loving

in

Longer words containing loving

degloving

lovingly

lovingness

nonloving

outloving

overloving

selfloving

truthloving

underloving

unloving funloving

waterloving