puppy love

Speech parts

1. puppy love - Noun

2. puppy love - Phrase

Meaning

temporary love of an adolescent

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

crush infatuation calf love amour love romance ardor desire affair passion attachment affection liaison intimacy obsession
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Antonyms

marriage break wedding anger breach abandonment
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Hypernyms

love

Examples

Mumps, measles, and puppy love are terrible after twenty. Mignon McLaughlin

Is puppy love the reason so many Americans are blind to the incompetence and waste of Republicans - who at a minimum are supposed to be good money managers - running Iraq reconstruction? Margaret Carlson

I take the subway all the time here in New York. I love people watching and trying to figure out everybody's background, especially teenagers - they're so uninhibited when they display puppy love. I concoct stories in my mind: 'Are you guys like Romeo and Juliet?' Sherri Shepherd

But Earl's heart is in here, too—his father, his mother; that fabled camp for troubled teens, being outed by Complex; girls, fame, puppy love, being true to yourself. Source: Internet

Plus, Sokka's puppy love being the one to make the sacrifice was a critical moment for his character development. Source: Internet

It was just puppy love. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

puppy love

Close letter words and terms

puppy fat puppy foot puppy guarding puppy mill puppy pregnancy syndrome puppy treat