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intimacy [ˈɪntɪməsɪ] n pl -cies
1. close or warm friendship or understanding; personal relationship 2. (often plural) Euphemistic sexual relations ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
intimacy noun 1. familiarity, closeness, understanding, confidence, confidentiality, fraternization a means of achieving intimacy with another person familiarity distance, separation, detachment, alienation, coldness, remoteness, estrangement, aloofness 2. sexual intercourse, sex (informal), lovemaking, the other (informal), congress, fucking (taboo slang), screwing (taboo slang), shagging (Brit. taboo slang), sexual relations, sexual act, nookie (slang), copulation, coitus, carnal knowledge, intimate relations, rumpy-pumpy (slang), legover (slang), coition The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman. Translations intimacy [ˈɪntɪməsɪ] N 1. (= closeness) → intimidad f I read the letter in the intimacy of my bedroom → leí la carta en la intimidad de mi habitación there had never been any sexual intimacy between them → nunca habían mantenido relaciones íntimas the intimacy of his knowledge on the subject → su profundo conocimiento de la materia 2. intimacies (spoken) → intimidades fpl; (sexual) → intimidad f (física), proximidad f (física) intimacy n → Vertrautheit f, → Intimität f; (euph: = sexual intimacy) → Intimität f; intimacy took place (form euph) → es kam zu Intimitäten How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For her kindred, should the tidings ever reach them, and for the companions of her unspotted life, there remained nothing but the contagion of her dishonour; which would not fail to be distributed in strict accordance arid proportion with the intimacy and sacredness of their previous relationship. It has been delightful to me to watch his advances towards intimacy, especially to observe his altered manner in consequence of my repressing by the cool dignity of my deportment his insolent approach to direct familiarity. Not a day passed, in that dangerous intimacy of teacher and pupil, in which my hand was not close to Miss Fairlie's; my cheek, as we bent together over her sketch-book, almost touching hers. |
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