love-bomb

See also: lovebomb and love bomb

English

Verb

love-bomb (third-person singular simple present love-bombs, present participle love-bombing, simple past and past participle love-bombed)

1. (transitive) To be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person.
   • 2022, Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection, Penguin, →ISBN, page xxiv:

     He love-bombed me and sent me excessive words of affirmation. He told me I was special, that I was the only one in the world whom he had ever loved and would ever love.

   • 2022, E. J. Frost, Quaternion‎^[1], →ISBN:

     You love-bombed me until I was so full of love, I gave it back to you.

Noun

love-bomb (plural love-bombs)

1. Alternative spelling of love bomb