A state of intense longing and sexual desire. go to glossary index

the feelings of intense longing, accompanied by physiological arousal, we feel for another person; when our love is reciprocated, we feel great fulfillment and ecstacy, but when it is not, we feel sadness and despair

A state of intense longing for union with another.

Romantic love characterized by high arousal, intense attraction, and fear of rejection.

love characterized by intense emotional arousal and sexual feelings. (603)

An intensely emotional state in which tender and sexual feelings, elation and pain, anxiety and relief, altruism and jealousy coexist in a confusion of feelings. Combines physiological arousal with perception that the arousal is evoked by the beloved. Contrasted with companionate love. See also companionate love.