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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. Your sister's fondness for young children probably makes her a great babysitter.
: appetite, relish. had a fondness for argument. Synonyms. affection. attachment. devotedness. devotion. love. passion. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of fondness in a Sentence. my fondness for you will never fail I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
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.
(Definition of fondness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) fondness | Intermediate English. noun [ U ] us / ˈfɑnd·nəs / Add to word list. a great liking for someone or something:
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.
adj. fond·er, fond·est. 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.
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.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use fondness in a sentence He's watching it because of his fondness for Bergman and because, he says, “She'll be nervous about my opinion.”
fond•ness (fond′ nis), n. the state or quality of being fond. tenderness or affection. doting affection. a liking or weakness for something: He has a fondness for sweets. [ Archaic.]complacent credulity; foolishness. 1350–1400; Middle English; see fond1, - ness. 4. . predilection, partiality, preference.
