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Antonyms for fondest

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fond
Phonetic Transcription : fÉ’nd

Definition of fondest

Origin :
  • mid-14c., originally "foolish, silly," from past tense of fonnen "to fool, be foolish," perhaps from Middle English fonne "fool" (early 14c.), of uncertain origin; or possibly related to fun.
  • Meaning evolved by 1590 via "foolishly tender" to "having strong affections for." Another sense of fonne was "to lose savor," which may be the original meaning of the word (e.g. Wyclif: "Gif þe salt be fonnyd it is not worþi," c.1380). Related: Fonder; fondest.
  • adj have a liking or taste for
Example sentences :
  • His pride would be gratified, and his fondest desires realized.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • I cannot abjure that world which contains the fondest object that links me to life.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • You are the possession that I am proudest of and fondest of.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Suppose we say that each of you may choose the two things you are fondest of.
  • Extract from : « Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm » by Mabel C. Hawley
  • These colours go best with their brown skins, and they are fondest of them.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • But indeed he, too, had changed, had grown finer than my fondest thoughts of him.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • The children of the race should be the very blossom of its fondest hopes.
  • Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
  • St. James was the fondest, the kindest, the tenderest—O my God!
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • I hate rows; I believe in the truest and the fondest fellowship.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various
  • Under that shining arch lay the goal of my fondest aspirations.
  • Extract from : « Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales » by Robert L. Taylor

Synonyms for fondest

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