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PRONUNCIATION OF SMOTHER-LOVE

smother-love  [ˈsmʌðəˌlʌv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOTHER-LOVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smother-Love is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SMOTHER-LOVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smother-love in the English dictionary

The definition of smother-love in the dictionary is a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMOTHER-LOVE


belove
bɪˈlʌv
dataglove
ˈdeɪtəˌɡlʌv
foxglove
ˈfɒksˌɡlʌv
glove
ɡlʌv
kidglove
ˌkɪdˈɡlʌv
ladylove
ˈleɪdɪˌlʌv
love
lʌv
outlove
ˌaʊtˈlʌv
overlove
ˌəʊvəˈlʌv
truelove
ˈtruːˌlʌv
unglove
ʌnˈɡlʌv
unlove
ʌnˈlʌv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMOTHER-LOVE

smoothish
smoothly
smoothness
smoothpate
smoothy
smorbrod
smorgasbord
smorzando
smote
smother
smothered mate
smotherer
smotheriness
smotheringly
smothery
smouch
smoulder
smouldering
smouldry
smouse

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMOTHER-LOVE

baseball glove
clove
courtly love
declaration of love
fall in love
for love
free love
hand in glove
in love
kid glove
labour of love
make love
mother love
oven glove
puppy love
romantic love
self-love
tough love
tug-of-love
velvet glove

Synonyms and antonyms of smother-love in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smother-love» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMOTHER-LOVE

Find out the translation of smother-love to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smother-love from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smother-love» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

扼杀爱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sofocar - amar
570 millions of speakers

English

smother-love
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुझाना - प्यार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنق الحب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

задушить - люблю
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sufocá -amor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধূম-ভালবাসেন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étouffer l´amour -
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cinta curang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ersticken - Liebe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

もみ消す、愛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

질식 - 사랑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tresnaku
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dập tình yêu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூச்சுத்திணறடிக்கும் விரும்புகிறேன்-
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दमबाजी-प्रेम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boğmak-seviyorum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soffocare l´amore -
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

udusić - kocham
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задушити - люблю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sufoca - dragoste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πνίξουν - αγάπη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smoor - liefde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kväva - love
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kvele - elsker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smother-love

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOTHER-LOVE»

The term «smother-love» is used very little and occupies the 189.397 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOTHER-LOVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smother-love» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smother-love» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smother-love

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOTHER-LOVE»

Discover the use of smother-love in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smother-love and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major ...
The child who receives this 'smother-love' does not get what it needs either. Smother-love is part love, part need, and this unhealthy mixture is not entirely satisfying. It is rather like giving the child vitamins mixed with caffeine, or milk from an ...
Philip M. Bailey, 1995
2
Partners in God's Love
Though at first it might not be apparent, at the heart of smother love, is self love. This smother love pampers, spoils, gives in, gives way, gives everything and refuses to say "No"; will not, cannot discipline. Because it fears the loss of the love ...
John Davey, 2007
3
The Single Mother's Guide to Raising Remarkable Boys
smother-Love. While single moms are affirmatively working to provide their sons the male guidance and support the boys need, and recognize that '“it takes a village to raise a child,” they often face pressure to reduce their own role in boys'  ...
Gina Panettieri, Philip S Hall, 2008
4
When You Love Too Much: Walking the Road to Healthy Intimacy
Relationship addicts practice "smother love." They seek someone to "fix" and then smother them with attention in an effort to block out their own pain. In so doing, they surreptitiously manipulate their partner, controlling the relationship to avoid ...
Stephen Arterburn, 2004
5
Dead Alive ...
Sir Wal In vain to smother love we strive. Miss W. 1 feel my tenderness revive, Yes, Cupid, once again thy flame Burns fierce and bright, and still the same, For when it has been truly lit, No quarrel can extinguish it. Sir Wal. Extinguish it— ah, no ...
John O'Keeffe, 1822
6
The Moon in Your Life: Being a Lunar Type in a Solar World
Some Cancetians have been over-nurtured with a kind of smother love, while others have suffered an inrense and painful deptivarion of nurtuting. Even worse are insrances where smother love was followed by deptivarion when family ...
Donna Cunningham, 1996
7
New Families: Reviving and Creating Meaningful Bonds
A family that cares too much is referred to as a "smother-love" family; a family that cares too little is referred to as an "empty" family; and a family that cares just the right amount is referred to as a "life-giving" family. These different family style ...
Constance Margaret Hall, 1994
8
Slaybells Ring
I also think sitting out there in the country being consumed with Smother's Love doesn't help the situation either.” Strickland raised his eyebrows. “Smother's Love ?” Harden grinned. “Combination of smother and mother, my own diagnosis.
Sharon King-Booker, 2004
9
Medical Care of the Soul: A Practical & Healing Guide to ...
Asthma Smother love. Inability to breathe for one's self. Feeling stifled. Suppressed crying. Birth Karmic. You selected Defects to come that way. We choose our parents and our children. Unfinished business. New Thought Pattern I allow my ...
Bruce G. Bartlow, 2000
10
Minding the Children: Child Care in America from Colonial ...
There was no maternal 'smother-love' loving in our kind of nursery; common sense and kindness prevailed." "Smother-love," the sentimental overprotection of the devoted Victorian mother, became the pitfall to be avoided by the modern ...
Geraldine Youcha, 2009

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOTHER-LOVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smother-love is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smother-love classic miscarries
Smother-love classic miscarries. Theatre. Date: May 20, 2013. (0); Read later. Reviewed by Cameron Woodhead. inShare; submit to reddit · Email article · Print ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 13»
2
Lurlene McDaniel: Happily ever afters and hope
Tony turns possessive, making a case for her importance to him, builds a cage around her as tight as any jail cell, until his smother-love has her completely ... «USA TODAY, May 13»
3
Black Swans and Red Shoes: The Short, Perilous Life of the Movie …
"This part's too much for you," says Nina's mother, Erica, a former ballerina played with hot-and-cold running smother-love by Barbara Hershey; and ultimately, ... «Politics Daily, Jan 11»
4
Johann Hari: Over-parenting is the curse of our time
This smother-love is spreading so fast that it is causing a slew of social problems. Some are obvious: a major contributor to the rise in child obesity is the refusal ... «Independent, Feb 08»

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