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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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(Definition of fondness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) fondness | American Dictionary. noun [ U ] us / ˈfɑnd·nəs / Add to word list. a great liking for someone or something:
The meaning of FONDNESS is foolishness, folly. How to use fondness in a sentence.
fondness. noun [ U ] us / ˈfɑːnd.nəs / uk / ˈfɒnd.nəs / Add to word list. a liking: fondness for George's fondness for fishing was well known. Synonyms. affection. tenderness (GENTLE) warmth (FEELING) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Liking. adorkable. affection. appreciate. approve of someone. attached. be a glutton for something idiom
FONDNESS definition: tender or doting affection | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
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.
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. Your sister's fondness for young children probably makes her a great babysitter.
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.
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. Archaic Naively credulous or foolish.
excessively tender or overindulgent; doting: a fond parent. cherished with strong or unreasoning feeling: to nourish fond hopes of becoming president. [ Archaic.]foolish or silly. [ Archaic.]foolishly credulous or trusting. Middle English fond, fonned (past participle of fonnen to be foolish, origin, originally, to lose flavor, sour) 1300–50. 2.
noun. 1. the state or quality of being fond. 2. tenderness or affection. 3. doting affection. 4. a liking or weakness for something. He has a fondness for sweets. 5. archaic. complacent credulity; foolishness. SYNONYMS 4. predilection, partiality, preference. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
