Amour (Noun)
Meaning
A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The politician's amour with a young staffer was exposed in a scandalous tabloid article.
- Their amour had been going on for months, but they were careful to keep it hidden from their colleagues.
- The novel explored the complexities of a forbidden amour between two people from different social classes.
- The celebrity's amour with a married person was the subject of much speculation and gossip in the media.
- The historical figure's amour with a woman of lower status was seen as a scandal by the aristocracy of the time.