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- Dictionaryfondness/ˈfɒn(d)nəs/
noun
- 1. affection or liking for someone or something: "I remember him with great fondness" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of FONDNESS is foolishness, folly. How to use fondness in a sentence.
a great liking for someone or something:
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.
Synonyms for FONDNESS: love, affection, passion, devotion, respect, enthusiasm, attachment, appreciation; Antonyms of FONDNESS: hatred, hate, loathing, hostility, dislike, animosity, enmity, aversion.
1. Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection: fond of ballet; fond of my nieces and nephews. 2. Affectionate; tender: a fond embrace. 3. Immoderately affectionate or indulgent; doting: fond grandparents who tended to spoil the child. 4. Cherished; dear: my fondest hopes. 5.
a great liking for someone or something:
FONDNESS definition: tender or doting affection | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
fondness (for somebody/something) pleasure, especially relating to something you have liked or enjoyed for a long time. a fondness for animals; It was her father’s fondness for drink that brought about the break-up of her parents’ marriage.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fondness, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
noun. the state or quality of being fond. tenderness or affection. doting affection. a liking or weakness for something: He has a fondness for sweets. Synonyms: preference, partiality, predilection. Archaic. complacent credulity; foolishness. Discover More.
