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fondness
fond 1 F0230500 (fŏnd)adj. fond·er, fond·est 1. Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection: fond of ballet; fond of my nieces and nephews.2. Affectionate; tender: a fond embrace.3. Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting: fond grandparents who tended to spoil the child.4. Cherished; dear: my fondest hopes.5. Archaic Naively credulous or foolish.
[Middle English fonned, foolish, probably from past participle of fonnen, to be foolish, probably from fonne, fool.]
fond′ly adv.fond′ness n.
fond 2 F0230500 (fŏnd)n. The background of a design in lace.
[French, from Old French fonds, fond, from Latin fundus, bottom.]fond•ness (ˈfɒnd nɪs)
n. 1. the state or quality of being fond. 2. tenderness or affection. 3. doting affection. 4. a liking or weakness for something. 5. Archaic. complacent credulity. [1350–1400] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fondness - a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"partiality, fancyliking - a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" | | 2. |  fondness - a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, warmheartedness, tenderness, heartfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"attachment, fond regard - a feeling of affection for a person or an institutionprotectiveness - a feeling of protective affectionregard, respect - a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect"soft spot - a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son" | | 3. |  fondness - a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or loveaffectionateness, lovingness, warmthemotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or qualitytenderness - a tendency to express warm and affectionate feelinguxoriousness - foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife |
fondnessnoun1. devotion, love, affection, warmth, attachment, kindness, tenderness, care a great fondness for children
devotion opposition, hostility, dislike, hatred, contempt, resentment, loathing, malice, animosity, aversion, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, coldness, harshness, bad blood, ill will, animus, repulsion, abhorrence, malevolence, repugnance, detestation, unfriendliness2. liking, love, taste, fancy, attraction, weakness, preference, attachment, penchant, susceptibility, predisposition, soft spot, predilection, partiality I've always had a fondness for jewels.fondnessnoun1. The condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faith:affection, attachment, devotion, liking, love, loyalty (used in plural).2. A liking for something:appetite, partiality, preference, relish, taste, weakness.Translationsfond (fond) adjective1. loving. fond looks; a fond husband. 喜愛的 喜爱的2. (of wishes, hopes etc) unlikely to be fulfilled. His fond ambition was to be a film star. 不大可能實現的 不大可能实现的ˈfondly adverb 憐愛地 天真地ˈfondness noun (especially with for) affection; liking. her fondness for children. 寵愛 宠爱fond of having a liking for. He is very fond of dogs. 愛好 爱好IdiomsSeefondfondness
Synonyms for fondnessnoun devotionSynonyms- devotion
- love
- affection
- warmth
- attachment
- kindness
- tenderness
- care
Antonyms- opposition
- hostility
- dislike
- hatred
- contempt
- resentment
- loathing
- malice
- animosity
- aversion
- antagonism
- antipathy
- enmity
- coldness
- harshness
- bad blood
- ill will
- animus
- repulsion
- abhorrence
- malevolence
- repugnance
- detestation
- unfriendliness
noun likingSynonyms- liking
- love
- taste
- fancy
- attraction
- weakness
- preference
- attachment
- penchant
- susceptibility
- predisposition
- soft spot
- predilection
- partiality
Synonyms for fondnessnoun the condition of being closely tied to another by affection or faithSynonyms- affection
- attachment
- devotion
- liking
- love
- loyalty
noun a liking for somethingSynonyms- appetite
- partiality
- preference
- relish
- taste
- weakness
Synonyms for fondnessnoun a predisposition to like somethingSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a positive feeling of likingSynonyms- affection
- affectionateness
- philia
- warmness
- warmheartedness
- tenderness
- heart
Related Words- feeling
- attachment
- fond regard
- protectiveness
- regard
- respect
- soft spot
noun a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or loveSynonyms- affectionateness
- lovingness
- warmth
Related Words- emotionalism
- emotionality
- tenderness
- uxoriousness
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