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Lovable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOV'ABLE, a. Worthy of love; amiable.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having characteristics that attract love or affection; "a mischievous but lovable child" [syn: lovable, loveable] [ant: hateful]

Merriam Webster's

also loveable adjective Date: 14th century having qualities that attract affection • lovability noun • lovableness noun • lovably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (also loveable) inspiring or deserving love or affection. Derivatives: lovability n. lovableness n. lovably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lovable Lov"a*ble, a. Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love. Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat. --Tennyson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone as lovable, you mean that they have attractive qualities, and are easy to like. His vulnerability makes him even more lovable. = endearing ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Amiable, sweet, winning.

Moby Thesaurus

acceptable, admirable, adorable, affectionate, agreeable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, bewitching, captivating, caressable, charming, cherished, cuddlesome, cuddly, cute, darling, dear, desirable, enchanting, endearing, engaging, enthralling, entrancing, enviable, exciting, fetching, genial, kissable, likable, likeable, loveable, lovely, lovesome, mouth-watering, pleasing, provocative, ravishing, seductive, seraphic, sweet, taking, tantalizing, tempting, tender, to be desired, toothsome, unobjectionable, winning, winsome, worth having