'Fondness' definitions:
Definition of 'fondness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality]
noun
A positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" [syn: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia]
noun
A quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love [syn: affectionateness, fondness, lovingness, warmth]
Definition of 'Fondness'
From: GCIDE
- Fondness \Fond"ness\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. [1913 Webster]
- My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. --Addison.
- Syn: Attachment; affection; love; kindness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fondness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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