liking
/ˈlʌɪkɪŋ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈlʌɪkɪŋ/
liking
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final ng sound
li - king -> liking
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကြိုက်ခြင်း။ တူခြင်း။ (v[ing]) ကြိုက်နေ
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❏ for one’s liking [IDM ] အကြိုက်။ အလို။ သဘော။ The pub’s too noisy for my liking.
❏ have a liking for sth [IDM ] နှစ်သက်ခြင်း။ သဘော ကျခြင်း။ I’ve always had a liking for the sea.
❏ take a liking to sb/sth [IDM ] ကြိုက်သည်။ သဘောကျ သည်။ I think she’s taken a liking to me.
❏ to sb’s liking [IDM ] (fml ) …အကြိုက်။
I hope the meal was to your liking.
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Synonyms
taste, fondness, partiality, love, penchant, predilection, weakness, soft spot, affection, affinity, aiming at, appetite, appreciation, aspiring to, attachment, attraction, bent, bias, bound up, desire, devotion, fancy, favoritism, inclination, leaning toward, loving, mind, minded, palate, passion, pleasure, preference, proneness, propensity, relish, settled on, stomach, sympathy, tendency, thinking of, tooth, valuing, velleity, warm-hearted, will
Antonyms
animosity, antipathy, averse, aversion, bad-natured, disgust, disinclination, disinterest, dislike, distaste, enmity, fairness, hate, hatred, having no use for, ill-disposed, impartiality, indifference, justice, loathsome, malevolent, malicious, neglect, repulsion, retaliatory, revulsion, uncool, uneager, vengeful
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