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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. 10.

Dislike; aversion.

r Archaic] They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer (Ps. xcii.).

Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant. Averse alike to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to. [Slang]

To awaken dislike in; to displease. "Disliking countenance." Marston. "It dislikes me." Shak.

One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.

Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak.

Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. Addison.

of knowledge or taste. [Obs.] Nor that the forewits, that would draw the rest unto their liking, always like the best. B. Jonson.

Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.

A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.

Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. Fenton.

One who has a strong liking for anything, as books, science, or music. "A lover of knowledge." T. Burnet.

Choice; inclination; liking; intent; will. If it be your minds, then let none go forth. 2 Kings ix. 15.

Hating or disliking mankind.

Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.

A predilection or inclination to one thing rather than to others; special taste or liking; as, a partiality for poetry or painting. Roget.

A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.

To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Ps. cxxxvii. 6. Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war. Knolles. Pref…