intimacy

intimacy
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ genuine, real, true
▪ close, deep, great
▪ emotional, physical, sexual
VERB + INTIMACY
▪ be capable of
▪

She isn't capable of real intimacy.

▪ achieve, experience
▪

the artist's ability to achieve intimacy with his subjects

▪ enjoy (formal)
▪

He enjoys an intimacy with the president.

▪ create, foster, promote
▪ develop
▪

Gradually, a deep emotional intimacy developed between them.

INTIMACY + VERB
▪ develop
PREPOSITION
▪ intimacy between
▪

the intimacy created between student and teacher

▪ intimacy with
▪

A writer must develop an intimacy with the subject at hand.

PHRASES
▪ fear of intimacy
▪

He was prevented from declaring his love by his fear of intimacy.

▪ a feeling of intimacy, a sense of intimacy
▪

The room had a peaceful sense of intimacy about it.


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