About The Word Fondness

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Fondness

Fondness Meaning & Definition
Fondness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fondness?

[n] a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
[n] a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
[n] a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fondness: affection | affectionateness | affectionateness | fancy | heart | lovingness | partiality | tenderness | warmheartedness | warmth

Related Terms | Find terms related to Fondness: admiration | adoration | affection | agape | Amor | ardency | ardor | attachment | blind faith | bodily love | brotherly love | caritas | charity | Christian love | conjugal love | credulity | credulousness | crush | delicacy | desire | devotion | disposition to believe | dotage | ease of belief | Eros | faithful love | fancy | fervor | flame | free love | free-lovism | gentleness | gross credulity | gust | gusto | heart | hero worship | idolatry | idolism | idolization | inclination | infatuation | lasciviousness | libido | like | likes | liking | love | lovemaking | married love | overcredulity | overcredulousness | overopenness to conviction | overtrustfulness | partiality | passion | physical love | Platonic love | popular regard | popularity | predilection | rash conviction | regard | relish | sentiment | sex | sexual love | shine | soft spot | softheartedness | softness | spiritual love | taste | tender feeling | tender passion | tenderheartedness | tenderness | truelove | trustfulness | uncritical acceptance | uncriticalness | unquestioning belief | unripe acceptation | unskepticalness | unsuspectingness | unsuspiciousness | uxoriousness | warm heart | warmheartedness | weakness | will to believe | willingness to believe | wishful belief | wishful thinking | worship | yearning

See Also | attachment | emotionalism | emotionality | feeling | fond regard | liking | protectiveness | regard | respect | soft spot | tenderness | uxoriousness

Fondness In Webster's Dictionary

\Fond"ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. --Spenser. 2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. --Addison. Syn: Attachment; affection; love; kindness.

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