as in affaire
a brief romantic relationship
in her memoirs the diva candidly recalls her amours with some of opera's best-known tenors and baritones
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The movie doesn’t want to be a four-alarm funeral pyre but a tragic romance, presenting Amy through the prism of the amour fou that put her into a tailspin and fueled her triple-platinum second album.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
This is a tale of amour fou, in which lust tramples everything in its path – family, respectability, and ultimately sanity.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
Eileen has been, up to this point, a bruised slice-of-life drama, a dingy-retro period piece, and possibly a romance just waiting to rev its amour fou engine.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
Perhaps for the harder hit amour, in the U.K., supermarket chain Asda — previously owned by Walmart WMT -0.1% — has launched a $1.24 (that’s £1) engagement ring as part of its George Home collection, which is available to buy in its stores and online.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
This is a tale of amour fou, in which lust tramples everything in its path – family, respectability, and ultimately sanity.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amour
Noun
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For example the story of the like button suggests that innovation is not the result of one hero standing tall but a serendipitous social affair.—
Christian Stadler,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The trip to and from Sacramento to work in person is a 14-hour affair.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As Jaclyn tries to encourage (mock?) divorcee Laurie into having a fling at the resort with one of the staff members, Laurie is visibly torn between indulging her own desires and proving her friends’ pity to be misplaced.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
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Jaclyn’s insistence that Laurie have a fling with him will almost certainly backfire; the question is when and how.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2025
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See Bergmann make his claims about watching Swift and Kelce’s romance unfold next door below.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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Dolly Parton shared a rare look into her decades-long romance with husband Carl Dean just months before his death at age 82.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Amour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amour. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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