fondness
Other forms: fondnesses
Fondness is love or affection for someone. Your fondness for your funny Spanish teacher might be part of what inspires you to work hard in his class.
When you have a fondness for a person, you feel warm or tender toward them. Your sister's fondness for young children probably makes her a great babysitter. You can also have a fondness for a thing: your friend's fondness for expensive shoes could cause her constant financial difficulty, and your fondness for cupcakes might influence you to learn how to bake.
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a positive feeling of liking
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synonyms:
affection, affectionateness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness
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attachment, fond regard
a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
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protectiveness
a feeling of protective affection
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regard, respect
a feeling of friendship and esteem
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soft spot
a sentimental affection
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feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
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affectionateness, lovingness, warmth
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tenderness
a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
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uxoriousness
foolish fondness for or excessive submissiveness to one's wife
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emotionalism, emotionality
emotional nature or quality
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tenderness
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a predisposition to like something
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synonyms:
fancy, partiality
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liking
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
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liking
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Vocabulary lists containing fondness
In this sequel to Hatchet, Brian Robeson returns to the wilderness accompanied by a government psychologist who wishes to study his survival techniques. But after a devastating accident, Brian must fight to save both of their lives.
In Book X of "Metamorphoses," the Roman poet Ovid sings of the mythological Greek musician Orpheus singing about Pygmalion and the statue. Hear some of his words in translation. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Pygmalion and the Statue, Pygmalion, Talkin' 'bout a Revolution, Cinderella, the Legend, Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men, The Giving Tree, A Rose for Emily, The Story of an Hour, The Chaser
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