LOVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loved mean? 

• LOVED (adjective)
  The adjective LOVED has 1 sense:

1. held dear

  Familiarity information: LOVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Held dear

Context example:

his loved companion of many years

Similar:

admired (regarded with admiration)

adored; idolised; idolized; worshipped (regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god))

beloved; darling; dear (dearly loved)

blue-eyed; fair-haired; white-haired (favorite)

cherished; precious; treasured; wanted (characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for)

best-loved; favored; favorite; favourite; pet; preferent; preferred (preferred above all others and treated with partiality)

Also:

wanted (desired or wished for or sought)

Antonym:

unloved (not loved)

 Context examples 

He had not loved her as I had, and there was no need for tears in his eyes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He loved to run down dry watercourses, and to creep and spy upon the bird life in the woods.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I had loved her every minute, day and night, since I first saw her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I knew the lad well, and I loved him for his many excellent qualities.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The maid had loved the butler, but had afterwards had cause to hate him.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And ever I loved Maud with an increasing love.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The man and woman loved the dog very much; perhaps this was because it had been such a task to win his love.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As to the photograph, your client may rest in peace. I love and am loved by a better man than he.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In leaving England, I should leave a loved but empty land—Mr. Rochester is not there; and if he were, what is, what can that ever be to me?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)