Maternal
Crossword Clue and Answers
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- The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 28 May 2020
Crossword Answers
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KIND
Tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"
WARM
Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made things warm for the bookies"
SOFT
(of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"
FOND
(followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
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ENATE
One related on the mother's side
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ENATIC
Related on the mother's side; "my maternal grandmother"
TENDER
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
PARENT
An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained
MOTHER
Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"
LOVING
Feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"
DOTING
Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
CARING
A loving feeling
KINDLY
Pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"
FILIAL
Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation
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ADORING
Showing adoration
DEVOTED
(followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use; "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry"
MELTING
The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
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PARENTAL
Designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid offspring are produced
PATERNAL
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; "parental guidance"
MOTHERLY
In a maternal manner; as a mother; "she loved her students almost maternally"
LOVESOME
Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
MATERNAL
Characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers
UXORIOUS
Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
ROMANTIC
A soulful or amorous idealist
LOVESICK
Languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like lovesick boys"
FATHERLY
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
LOVELORN
Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
FAITHFUL
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church
CONJUGAL
Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"
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HUSBANDLY
Related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"
ANCESTRAL
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
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MOTHERLIKE
Suggestive of or acting like a mother
FATHERLIKE
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
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SENTIMENTAL
Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
PATRIARCHAL
Characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
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AFFECTIONATE
Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"
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UNDERSTANDING
The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
MATERNALISTIC
Showing maternal instincts
DEMONSTRATIVE
A pronoun that points out an intended referent