liking

Definitions of liking

“I've always had a liking for reading”

“she developed a liking for gin”

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; fancy, fondness, partiality
a predisposition to like something; captivation, enchantment, enthrallment, fascination
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual; penchant, predilection, preference, taste
a strong liking; mysophilia
abnormal attraction to filth; inclination
that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; friendliness
a feeling of liking for another person; enjoyment in their company; approval
a feeling of liking something or someone good; admiration, esteem
a feeling of delighted approval and liking; acquired taste
a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience; weakness
a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; leaning, propensity, tendency
an inclination to do something; stomach
an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness; undertow
an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling; amicability, amicableness
a disinclination to quarrel; good will, goodwill
the friendly hope that something will succeed; brotherhood
the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers; favor, favour
a feeling of favorable regard; approbation
official approval; Anglophilia
admiration for Britain and British customs; hero worship
admiration for great men (or their memory); philhellenism
admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs; philogyny
admiration for women

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