Maternal
Crossword Clue and Answers

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Publications

  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 28 May 2020

Crossword Answers

4 letters

KIND Surinder Sobti
Tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"

WARM Surinder Sobti
Uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble; "made things warm for the bookies"

SOFT Surinder Sobti
(of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"

FOND Surinder Sobti
(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 Surinder Sobti
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"

PARENT Surinder Sobti
An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

MOTHER Surinder Sobti
Care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"

LOVING Surinder Sobti
Feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"

DOTING Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
A loving feeling

KINDLY Surinder Sobti
Pleasant and agreeable; "a kindly climate"; "kindly breeze"

FILIAL Surinder Sobti
Designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation

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ADORING Surinder Sobti
Showing adoration

DEVOTED Surinder Sobti
(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 Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
Having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a tender glance"; "a warm embrace"

MATERNAL Surinder Sobti
Characteristic of a mother; "warm maternal affection for her guest"- Dorothy Sayers

UXORIOUS Surinder Sobti
Foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife

ROMANTIC Surinder Sobti
A soulful or amorous idealist

LOVESICK Surinder Sobti
Languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like lovesick boys"

FATHERLY Surinder Sobti
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

LOVELORN Surinder Sobti
Unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

FAITHFUL Surinder Sobti
A group of people who adhere to a common faith and habitually attend a given church

CONJUGAL Surinder Sobti
Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband; "connubial bliss"; "conjugal visits"

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NURTURING Surinder Sobti

HUSBANDLY Surinder Sobti
Related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"

ANCESTRAL Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
Suggestive of or acting like a mother

FATHERLIKE Surinder Sobti
Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective

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LANGUISHING Surinder Sobti

ANCESTORIAL Surinder Sobti

SENTIMENTAL Surinder Sobti
Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"

PATRIARCHAL Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
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 Surinder Sobti
Showing maternal instincts

GRANDPARENTAL Surinder Sobti

GRANDMOTHERLY Surinder Sobti

GRANDFATHERLY Surinder Sobti

DEMONSTRATIVE Surinder Sobti
A pronoun that points out an intended referent

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