liking 1
noundomain: emotion
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
Examples
- 1.she developed a liking for gin
- 2.I've always had a liking for reading
Hypernym
feeling 1
noun
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
EnglishAntonym
dislike 2
noun
a feeling of aversion or antipathy
Hyponym
fondness 1
noun
a predisposition to like something
captivation 2
noun
a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual
preference 1
noun
a strong liking
mysophilia 1
noun
abnormal attraction to filth
inclination 5
noun
that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking
