lovefest

noun

love·​fest ˈləv-ˌfest How to pronounce lovefest (audio)
: love feast sense 2
broadly : an expression or exchange of goodwill, praise, or affection

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The star’s How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Bride Wars, and Something Borrowed, among others, are now considered enduring cult classics, but their initial reception was far from a lovefest. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Fellow senators gave Marco Rubio a lovefest in hearings about his appointment as secretary of state. Nr Editors, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025 Yet nothing could have prepared me for the lovefest that is attending a Coldplay show — each millisecond calibrated for maximum explosions of communal joy. Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024 Unlike the formal next stop at Carnegie Hall, where every move Dudamel — as the incoming music director of the New York Philharmonic — makes is scrutinized, this Disney performance was an outright lovefest and, more important, a people-fest. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lovefest

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lovefest was in 1907

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“Lovefest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lovefest. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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