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WORDS USE TO DESCRIBE RELATIONS AND RELATIONSHIP,,,


acquainted

 adjective

formal if two people are acquainted, theyknow each other, usually not very well

arm’s-length

 adjective

used for describing something such as abusiness deal in which the different sides avoidhaving a close relationship with each other

brittle

 adjective

brittle relationship or situation is not verystrong and could easily be damaged

broken

 adjective

broken relationship has failed

bromantic

 adjective

humorous typical of or relating to a very closefriendship between two men

brotherly

 adjective

typical of the feelings that a man or boy has for his male friends

chummy

 adjective

informal old-fashioned chummy people arefriendly with each other, especially in a way thatstops other people from joining the group

clannish

 adjective

concentrating on people in your own family orgroup and not wanting other people to join it

close

 adjective

connected by shared interests and sharedfeelings such as love and respect

close

 adjective

used about relationships

close

 adjective

directly involved with someone andcommunicating with them a lotespecially as part of your job

close

 adjective

used about activities or relationships

connected

 adjective

used about people who have a socialbusiness, or family relationship

cosy

 adjective

cosy relationship, in business or politics,involves people who seem to be using theirrelationship in a dishonest way to get benefitsfor each other

cozy

the American spelling of cosy

dysfunctional

 adjective

dysfunctional relationships do not worknormally and are not happy or successful

estranged

 adjective

mainly journalism not seeing friends orrelatives very often, especially because ofhaving fought with them

fragile

 adjective

used about a situationagreement, orrelationship that can easily be damaged ordestroyed

fraternal

 adjective

belonging to brothers, or between brothers

fraternal

 adjective

between friends or people who share the sameinterests or opinions

friendly

 adjective

if you are friendly with someone, you are theirfriend

go back

spoken if two people go back a particularperiod of time, they have known each other for that period of time

have

 verb

used for stating the relationship between someone and their family members

have

 verb

used for stating the relationship between someone and their friendsenemiespeoplethey work with etc

heavy

 adjective

heavy situation or relationship is serious and often not enjoyable

illicit

 adjective

an illicit relationshipactivity, or situation is one that people do not approve of

immediate

 adjective

someone in an immediate relationship to you isclosely connected to you

inseparable

 adjective

people who are inseparable have a very closerelationship and spend all their time together

interpersonal

 adjective

involving relationships between people

intimate

 adjective

an intimate friend is someone who you knowvery well and like very much

intimate

 adjective

an intimate relationship is a very close personalrelationshipespecially a sexual one

intimate

 adjective

formal relating to sex or to a sexualrelationship

long-lost

 adjective

long-lost personespecially a relative, is someone who you have not seen for a long time

loveless

 adjective

without love

maternal

 adjective

maternal relative is related to you through your mother

matrilineal

 adjective

formal used for describing the mother’s side of a family and the relations on that side

monogamous

 adjective

having only one husbandwife, or sexualrelationship at a time

mouth

 noun

someone who you have to provide food for

one-sided

 adjective

in a one-sided relationship, one person doesmore than the other person or shows more lovethan the other person

one-to-one

 adjective

one-to-one relationship involves equalamounts or equal numbers of two things

one-way

 adjective

one-way relationshipagreement etc is one in which only one of the people involved tries tomake it succeed

patriarchal

 adjective

typical of a patriarch

patrilineal

 adjective

formal used for describing the father’s side of a family and the relations on that side

personal

 adjective

involving a direct relationship between twopeople who know each other

personally

 adverb

as a result of having met someone or of havingrelationship with them, usually a friendly one

platonic

 adjective

platonic relationship is one that is friendly butdoes not involve sex

political

 adjective

relating to relationships of power that existbetween people in an organization

related

 adjective

having the same origins and belonging to the same group

rocky

 adjective

informal a rocky relationshipsituation, orperiod of time is one in which there are a lot ofproblems

same-sex

 adjective

used for referring to sexual relationshipsinvolving either two men or two women

serious

 adjective

if you are in a serious romantic relationshipwith someone, you intend to stay together for a long time

sexual

 adjective

concerning relationships between men andwomen, or the way that people think men andwomen should behave

shifting

 adjective

shifting things such as standards orrelationships are always changing

strong

 adjective

strong relationships are close and firmlyestablished

suited

 adjective

if two people are suited, they are likely to have asuccessful relationship

thick

 adjective

spoken very friendly with someone

tight

 adjective

tight group of people have a close relationshipwith each other

unstable

 adjective

an unstable system, situation, or relationshipoften has serious problems

warming

 noun

the process of becoming more friendly

affiliated

 adjective

intimately

 adverb

monogamously

 adverb

platonically

 adverb

polyandrous

 adjective

polygamous

 adjective

symbiotic

 adjective

a hungry mouth (to feed)

someone who is depending on you to providefood

an old friend/ally/enemy etc

someone who has been your friend/ally/enemy etc for a very long time

an old student/girlfriend etc

someone who was your student/girlfriend etc in the past

(as) thick as thieves

people who are thick as thieves are very friendlywith each other and spend a lot of time togethertalking about private things

at arm’s length

in a situation where you avoid dealing with or becoming involved with someone else

be on good/bad/friendly etc terms

to have a goodbad, or friendly relationship with someone

get along/on famously

to have a very friendly relationship with someone

not on speaking terms

if two people are not on speaking terms, they are very angry with each other and will not talkto each other

on the right/wrong side of someone

if you are on the right or wrong side of someone, they like/do not like you

have a nodding acquaintance with someone/be on nodding terms with someone

to know someone well enough to say ‘hello’ to them, but not know them very well

the best of friends

very close friends

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