| NOUN | feeling | fondness, fancy, partiality | a predisposition to like / like something |
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| feeling | fondness, affection, affectionateness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | a positive feeling of liking | |
| attribute | fondness, affectionateness, lovingness, warmth | a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love |
| Sounds | faa'ndnahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | A predisposition to like / like something. | |
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| Example | "he had a fondness for whiskey" | |
| Synonyms | fancy, partiality | |
| Broader | liking | A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment |
| Spanish | afecto, afición, apego, cariño, estima, gusto, inclinación, parcialidad | |
| Catalan | afició, inclinació | |
| Adjectives | fond | (followed by 'of' or 'to') having a strong preference or liking for |
| Meaning | A positive feeling of liking. | |
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| Synonyms | affection, affectionateness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia | |
| Narrower | attachment, fond regard | A feeling of affection for a person or an institution |
| protectiveness | A feeling of protective affection | |
| regard, respect | A feeling of friendship and esteem | |
| soft spot | A sentimental affection | |
| Broader | feeling | The experiencing of affective and emotional states |
| Spanish | afección, afectividad, afecto, afición, amor, apego, cariño, filia, simpatía, ternura | |
| Catalan | afecció, afecte, simpatia, tendresa | |
| Adjectives | fond | having or displaying warmth or affection |
| Meaning | A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love. | |
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| Synonyms | affectionateness, lovingness, warmth | |
| Narrower | tenderness | A tendency to express warm / warm and affectionate feeling |
| uxoriousness | foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife | |
| Broader | emotionality, emotionalism | emotional nature or quality |
| Spanish | afección, afecto, amor, apego | |
| Catalan | afecció, afecte, amor | |
| Adjectives | fond | extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent |
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