amorousness

NOUN
  1. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
  2. a feeling of love or fondness
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How To Use amorousness In A Sentence

  • ‘There remained only those rare periods of amorousness, which still came to them at times but did not last long.’
  • The amorousness of youth has little to do with the desire for the union of souls; what Shakespeare mocks time and again is the borrowing of the imagery of the union of souls for something far more immediate and specific and transitory.
  • It is only afterwards that, surviving many minor gods of war, he becomes a leader of hosts, a sort of divine knight and patron of knighthood; and, through the old intricate connexion of love and war, and that amorousness which is the universally conceded privilege of the soldier's life, he comes to be very near Aphrodite, -- the paramour of the goddess of physical beauty. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays
  • Dr. Mitchell-Smith argues that rather than considering the works of this period as representing conflicts between masculine and feminine identities, we can read these texts as expressions of the balance between two extremes of masculine behavior—courtly amorousness on one end and knightly violence on the other. Dont You Forget About Me
  • Watson was thrilled that the scene delivered the sort of amorousness the filmmakers wanted. Daniel Radcliffe: Emma Watson Kisses 'Like An Animal'
  • The most famous element is the musical scene where Red performs and "Wolfie" reacts with lusty howling and exaggerated amorousness .
  • I wriggled closer and pulled Jamie's head down as though overcome by amorousness. Sick Cycle Carousel
  • The Greeks, including Helen's wronged husband, Menelaus, ultimately admired Helen for her amorousness. The Gods Return
  • A fatal disease - tuberculosis, also called consumption - provided a favorite metaphor to represent the destructiveness of feverish emotions, such as pining or amorousness.
  • And at the very same time he represented physical as well as mental attributes which were agreeable to her — amorousness without the courage at the time, anyhow, to annoy her too much; reverence which yet included her as a very human being; a mental and physical animation which quite matched and companioned her own. An American Tragedy
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