loved

See also: lovèd

English

Etymology

From Middle English loved, luvd, from Old English lufode, first and third person singular past indicative of lufian; and Middle English loved, iloved, from Old English ġelufod, past participle of lufian; both equivalent to love +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʌvd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌvd

Verb

loved

1. simple past and past participle of love

Adjective

loved (comparative more loved, superlative most loved)

1. Being the object of love.
   • 1997, Charlie W. Shedd, How to Make People Really Feel Loved: And Other Life-Giving Observations, Vine Books, →ISBN:
   • 1999, Valerie Grove, Laurie Lee: The Well-Loved Stranger, Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN:

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:beloved

Derived terms

• loved one
• loved-up
• loved up
• preloved
• underloved
• unloved
• well loved
• well-loved

Translations

being the object of love

Abkhaz: бзиа избоз (bzja izboz) Albanian: i dashuruar (sq) Arabic: مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb) Bashkir: яратҡан (yaratqan) Chuvash: юратнӑ (juratnă) Finnish: rakastettu (fi) French: aimé (fr), adoré (fr) German: geliebt (de) Hebrew: אהוב (ahúv) Hungarian: szeretett (hu), (more commonly) szeretve Japanese: 愛され Kazakh: сүйген (süigen) Latvian: mīlēja Lithuanian: mylėjo (lt) Plautdietsch: beleeft Portuguese: amado (pt) Romanian: iubit (ro), drag (ro), scump (ro) Russian: люби́мый (ru) (ljubímyj) Serbo-Croatian: voljen (sh) Spanish: amado (es) Tajik: дӯст медошт (düst medošt)

Anagrams

• Dovel, dolve, voled