liking
preference, inclination, or favor: to show a liking for privacy.
pleasure or taste: much to his liking.
the state or feeling of a person who likes.
Origin of liking
1Other words for liking
Opposites for liking
Other words from liking
- o·ver·lik·ing, noun
- self-liking, adjective, noun
- un·der·lik·ing, noun
Words Nearby liking
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How to use liking in a sentence
And with stand-ups, I remember liking George Carlin and Steve Martin.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness | Marlow Stern | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Most people are focused on the holidays anyway,” she continued, before adding something about people liking Cuban sandwiches.
Actually for Conte, who has a passionate aversion to labeling, that may be a bit too much categorization for his liking.
Viral Video Pioneers: How Pomplamoose is Turning YouTube Stardom Into a Sustainable Profession | Oliver Jones | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou see, Nolan had been suspended from work hours before the crime for comments about “not liking white people.”
Her T-shirts, which hang on the walls, were—I am told—originally hung too low for her liking, and too unevenly.
The Cult of Blondie: Debbie Harry’s Very Special New York Picture Show | Tim Teeman | October 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
liking for a single colour is a considerably smaller display of mind than an appreciation of the relation of two colours.
Children's Ways | James SullyWho could have believed that only a fortnight ago these same figures were clean as new pins; smart and well-liking!
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonI did not perceive that they had any great liking to them at first, neither did they seem to admire anything that we had.
Well, I am glad, for no more can I. I can't think of her liking for papa and baby and all of us to be left to ourselves.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeHis tie with her was slight, her husband, a clergyman, little to his liking; he had not been near them for several years.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
British Dictionary definitions for liking
/ (ˈlaɪkɪŋ) /
the feeling of a person who likes; fondness
a preference, inclination, or pleasure
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