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Definition of Lovable
1. Adjective. Having characteristics that attract love or affection. "A mischievous but lovable child"
Also: Desirable, Amicable, Loving
Similar to: Adorable, Endearing, Lovely, Angelic, Angelical, Cherubic, Seraphic, Sweet, Cuddlesome, Cuddly
Antonyms: Hateful
Derivative terms: Love, Love, Love, Love
Definition of Lovable
1. a. Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.
Definition of Lovable
1. Adjective. Inspiring love or affection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lovable
1. having qualities that attract love [adj] : LOVABLY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lovable
Literary usage of Lovable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"... complete picture of John Touchwood is fine, human and lovable—perhaps just
because of its convincing defects. Doris Webb. intimate terms, thru the good ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"A dear lovable woman, welcome at a sick bedside; as much in place there as when
facing an angry nation; contented in the home she made; the loyal friend; ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... most ascetic, most devoted to orthodoxy, and in many ways a very lovable
character; for if he is quick to take offence, he is easily appeased, ..."
4. The Holland House Circle by Lloyd Charles Sanders (1908)
"... Holland's intervention—" Such a lovable person "—Scott's quarrel with Lord
Holland—His description of Holland House—" Tales of my Landlord. ..."
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