liking (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *liking*:
NOUN	feeling	liking	a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

liking > pronunciation
Sounds	lay'kihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *liking*: 1 sense > noun 1, feeling
Meaning	A feeling of pleasure and enjoyment.
Examples	"I've always had a liking for reading" "she developed a liking for gin"
Narrower	admiration, esteem	A feeling of delighted approval and liking
	approval	A feeling of liking something or someone good
	captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination	A feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
	fondness, fancy, partiality	A predisposition to like / like something
	friendliness	A feeling of liking for another person
	inclination	That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
	mysophilia	Abnormal attraction to filth / filth
	preference, penchant, predilection, taste	A strong liking
Broader	feeling	The experiencing of affective and emotional states
Opposite	dislike	A feeling of aversion or antipathy
Spanish	afición, agrado, gusto, simpatía
Catalan	afició, grat, gust, simpatia

HyperDic: liking