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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Care for, affect, like, list; take to, cling to, take a fancy to; fancy; prefer; (choose). |
Love | Burn; adore, idolize, love to distraction, aimer eperdument; dote on, dote upon; take a fancy to, look sweet upon; become enamored; Adjective: fall in love with, lose one's heart; desire. |
Pleasure | Be pleased; with; receive pleasure, derive pleasure; n. from; take pleasure; n. in; delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in; gloat over; (physical pleasure); enjoy, relish, like; love; take to, take a fancy to; have a liking for; enter into the spirit of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "TAKE A FANCY TO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pushtoj (carry, conquer, creep over, enfold, engross, envelop, fold, hog, invade, jump, obsess, overcome, overreach, overrun, overtake, overwhelm, pervade, possess, reach, reduce, reign, rush back, seize, smite, straddle, sweep, take, take possession of), dua (aim, appreciate, be fond of, be keen on, be willing to, care, care for, choose, do with, fancy, intend, like, love, please, seek, want, wish), dashuroj (love). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ولع ب (affect, be fond of, fancy, hack, hound, love, take to), ذهل (amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, distract, flabbergast, flummox, maze, shake, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise, taken aback, wonder), إنجذب (gravitate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | увличам се по, харесвам (affect, cotton, dig, fancy, like, relish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | se prendre d'affection, se mettre aimer (take a liking to), étourdir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Geschmack finden an (to take a fancy to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"משך אל. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megkedvel valakit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 心が動く (to be moved, to feel inclined to, to take a fancy to something). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ""ろがう"く (to be moved, to feel inclined to, to take a fancy to something). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aketay aay ancyfay otay se simţi atras (fancy, feel drawn to smb., take a fancy for). (various references) облюбовать, привязаться к кому-л. (take a fancy for /to/ smb.), полюбить кого-л. (take a fancy for /to/ smb.). (various references) zavoleti (catch the fancy, catch the fancy of, cotton, fancy oneself). (various references) tomar cariño a, prendarse de. (various references) få lust att, bli förtjust i. (various references) ชอบบางสิ่งหรือบางคนมาก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (take a liking to). (various references) hoşlanmak (affect, be attracted, be partial to, be pleased with, be taken by, be taken with, care, click, delight, dig, enjoy, fancy, have a liking for smb., like, relish, take a shine to smb., take to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-f-k-n-o-t-t-y" | |
-5 letters: cantata, cyanate, oatcake. | |
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