English-Thai Dictionary

liking

N ความชอบ  ความพอใจ  ความชื่นชอบ  fondness affection kwam-chob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LIKING

ppr. of like. 1. Approving; being pleased with.
2. a. Plump; full; of a good appearance. Daniel 1:1 . Obs.

 

LIKING

n. 1. A good state of body; healthful appearance; plumpness.
Their young ones are in good liking - Job 39:4.
2. State of trial. [Not used. ]
3. Inclination; pleasure; as, this is an amusement to your liking.
4. Delight in; pleasure in; with to.
He who has no liking to the whole, ought not to censure the parts.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LIKING

LIKING Lik "ing, p. a.

 

Defn: Looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. See Like, to look. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort Dan. i. 1 .

 

LIKING

LIKING Lik "ing, n.

 

1. The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See On liking, below. [Obs. or Prov. End. ]

 

2. The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement I have no liking for. If the human intellect hath once taken a liking to any doctrine, ... it draws everything else into harmony with that doctrine, and to its support. Bacon.

 

3. Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition. [Archaic ] I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have an eye to make difference of men's liking. Shak. Their young ones are in good liking. Job. xxxix. 4. On liking, on condition of being pleasing to or suiting; also, on condition of being pleased with; as, to hold a place of service on liking; to engage a servant on liking. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line. .. to be a king on liking and on sufferance Hazlitt.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

liking

lik ing |ˈlīkiNG ˈlaɪkɪŋ | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a feeling of regard or fondness: Mrs. Parsons had a liking for gin and tonic | she'd taken an instant liking to Arnie's new girlfriend. PHRASES for one's liking to suit one's taste or wishes: he is a little too showy for my liking. to one's liking to one's taste; pleasing: his coffee was just to his liking. ORIGIN Old English līcung (see like 2, -ing 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

liking

lik ¦ing |ˈlʌɪkɪŋ | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a feeling of regard or fondness: she'd taken an instant liking to Arnie's new girlfriend. • (a liking for ) a taste for: Mrs Parsons had a liking for gin and tonic. PHRASES for one's liking to suit one's taste or wishes: he is a little too showy for my liking. to one's liking to one's taste; pleasing: his coffee was just to his liking. ORIGIN Old English līcung (see like 2, -ing 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

liking

liking noun his liking for fine wine: fondness for, love of, affection for, penchant for, attachment to; enjoyment of, appreciation of, taste for, passion for; preference for, partiality to, predilection to; desire for, fancy for.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

liking

liking noun he had a ruddy complexion due to his liking for port: fondness, love, affection, penchant, attachment; enjoyment, appreciation, taste; preference, partiality, predilection, proclivity, propensity, proneness, predisposition, tendency, bias; desire, fancy, inclination, bent, leaning, hankering, affinity, attraction; passion, longing, urge, itch; informal thing. ANTONYMS dislike, aversion, hatred.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

liking

lik ing /láɪkɪŋ /→like 1 名詞 U ｟かたく ｠ «…に対する » 好み «for , to » , 好き ; 嗜好 （しこう ）, 趣味 (taste ) (!具体例ではa ～) ▸ have a liking for ice cream アイスクリームを好む (≒ ｟よりくだけて ｠like ice cream )for A's l í king A 〈人 〉の趣味 [希望 ]からすると .t à ke a l í king to A Aが気に入る, Aが好きになる .to A's l í king ｟かたく ｠A 〈人 〉の好みに合って [た ]▸ The black dress was not to her liking .その黒い服は彼女の趣味に合わなかった