Antonyms for take a shine to
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : shahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃaɪn |
Definition of take a shine to
Origin :- Old English scinan "shed light, be radiant, be resplendent, iluminate," of persons, "be conspicuous" (class I strong verb; past tense scan, past participle scinen), from Proto-Germanic *skinan (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German skinan, Old Norse and Old Frisian skina, Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Gothic skeinan "to shine, appear"), from PIE root *skai- (2) "to gleam, shine, flicker" (cf. Sanskrit chaya "brilliance, luster; shadow," Greek skia "shade," Old Church Slavonic sinati "to flash up, shine," Albanian he "shadow"). Transitive meaning "to black (boots)" is from 1610s. Related: Shined (in the shoe polish sense), otherwise shone; shining.
- As in desire : verb want, long for
- As in favor : verb prefer, like
Synonyms for take a shine to
- accept
- advocate
- aim
- appreciate
- approbate
- approve
- aspire to
- back
- be in favor of
- be on one's side
- be smitten
- be turned on by
- buck for
- champion
- choose
- commend
- cotton to
- countenance
- covet
- crave
- desiderate
- die over
- encourage
- endorse
- enjoy
- esteem
- eulogize
- fall for
- fancy
- flash on
- for
- give eyeteeth for
- go for
- hanker after
- have eyes for
- have the hots for
- hold with
- honor
- hunger for
- incline
- lean toward
- like
- look up to
- lust after
- make advances to
- opt for
- partial to
- patronize
- pick
- pine
- praise
- prize
- regard highly
- root for
- sanction
- set heart on
- single out
- spoil for
- support
- sweet on
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- think well of
- thirst
- tilt toward
- value
- wish for
- yearn for
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