“I've always had a
liking for reading”
“she developed a
liking for gin”
- Antonyms:
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dislike
a feeling of aversion or antipathy
- Types:
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fancy, fondness, partiality
a predisposition to like something
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captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
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penchant, predilection, preference, taste
a strong liking
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mysophilia
abnormal attraction to filth
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inclination
that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
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friendliness
a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company
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approval
a feeling of liking something or someone good
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admiration, esteem
a feeling of delighted approval and liking
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acquired taste
a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience
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weakness
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you
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leaning, propensity, tendency
an inclination to do something
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stomach
an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness
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undertow
an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling
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amicability, amicableness
a disinclination to quarrel
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good will, goodwill
the friendly hope that something will succeed
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brotherhood
the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
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favor, favour
a feeling of favorable regard
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approbation
official approval
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Anglophilia
admiration for Britain and British customs
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hero worship
admiration for great men (or their memory)
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philhellenism
admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs
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philogyny
admiration for women
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feeling
the experiencing of affective and emotional states