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(verb) have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" |
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Synonyms: go for, take to |
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Related Words: desire, want |
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(adjective) not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
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Antonyms: plain |
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(noun) fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination |
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Related Words: imagination, imaginativeness, vision |
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(noun) a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" |
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Synonyms: fondness, partiality |
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Related Words: liking |
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(verb) imagine; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" |
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Synonyms: envision, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualize |
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Related Words: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine |
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(noun) something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" |
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Synonyms: fantasy, illusion, phantasy |
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Related Words: ignis fatuus, misconception, will-o'-the-wisp, wishful thinking |
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