Meaning of fondness | Babel Free
ˈfɑndnəsDefinitions
Equivalents
Deutsch
Vorliebe
Suomi
kiintyneisyys
Français
affection
한국어
취향
Kurdî
gilê
Latina
allubentia
Svenska
fäbless
Examples
“I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind⟳ having taken a different turn⟳, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste⟳ was not the tongue but the mind⟳.”
“Britain's contribution to railway film history has been very great and can be almost entirely laid at the door of that very fine producer Sir Michael Balcon, who I suspect⟳ has a secret fondness for trains himself, so many railway pictures has he caused to be made.”
“Trump’s grotesque and incomprehensible fondness for Putin makes the details of any deal⟳ highly dangerous for Europe and the NATO alliance, founded to confront Russia.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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