fondness

fond·ness  (fndns)

n.

1. Warm affection or liking. See Synonyms at love.

2. A strong inclination or preference; a taste: a fondness for sweets; a fondness for travel.

3. Archaic Naive trustfulness; credulity.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fondness - a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" partiality, fancy liking - 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, heart feeling - 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 institution protectiveness - a feeling of protective affection regard, 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 love affectionateness, lovingness, warmth emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality tenderness - a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling uxoriousness - foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife

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fondness

noun 1. devotion, love, affection, warmth, attachment, kindness, tenderness, care, aroha N.Z. << OPPOSITE dislike

noun 2. liking, love, taste, fancy, attraction, weakness, preference, attachment, penchant, susceptibility, predisposition, soft spot, predilection, partiality

Translations

fondness [ˈfɔndnɪs] n (for things) → afición f;

(for people) → cariño

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fondness [ˈfɔndnɪs] n (for things) → attachement m;

(for people) → sentiments affectueux;

a special fondness for → une prédilection pour

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fondness [ˈfɔndnɪs] fond n (for things) → Vorliebe f;

(for people) → Zuneigung f;

a special fondness for fond → eine besondere Vorliebe für/Zuneigung zu

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fondness [ˈfɔndnɪs] n → affetto;

fondness (for sth) → predilezione f (per qc)