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have affection for

VERB
love
Synonyms
STRONGEST
admire care for cherish choose go for prefer prize treasure worship
STRONG
adulate canonize deify esteem exalt fancy glorify idolize venerate
WEAK
be attached to be captivated by be crazy about be enamored of be enchanted by be fascinated with be fond of be in love with delight in dote on fall for gone on have it bad hold dear hold high long for lose one's heart to put on pedestal think the world of thrive with wild for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
despise dislike hate not care
STRONG
castigate condemn criticize debase degrade humiliate lower mock
WEAK
abstain scorn

Example Sentences

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The two sisters obviously have affection for each other.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

I’m a transplanted Californian and have affection for its people and concern for the multitude of problems there.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2021

I have affection for him, but am not in love with him.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2021

Mind you, those who already have affection for Lyonne or the scruffy character she plays don't require convincing to hang in there.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2019

Take it from the world and we shall be simply wild beasts—far worse than wild beasts, for they have affection for each other and for their young.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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