loved

[ luhvd ]

adjective

1. held in deep affection; cherished:

   loved companions; much-loved friends.

Other Words From

• un·loved adjective
• well-loved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loved¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; love ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

As much as we loved being able to rely on the sound being great every night, there’s a great momentum to being on the road.

From Los Angeles Times

Beauty was also coyly positioned, always in view of my and my brother’s drifting curiosities, like the framed print of “Jammin’ at the Savoy” by Romare Bearden that she hung just outside the kitchen’s entrance that I loved so much, that I sometimes wanted to live inside of, debonair and irreducibly cool like Bearden’s jazz men.

From Los Angeles Times

I secretly loved how the flower craned skyward, never quick to diminish its presence, what I considered its sharp elegance.

From Los Angeles Times

How often do you take walks with a loved one? — those things got sanded down.

From Los Angeles Times

He continues: “But what I loved, loved, loved is how Mike totally captured Charles’ journey from taking his spying very seriously to realizing, ‘No, no, no. There’s something human here that I need to tend to.’

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• adored
• beloved
• cherished