Definition of fond

"fond" in the adjective sense

1. affectionate, fond, lovesome, tender

having or displaying warmth or affection

"affectionate children"

"a fond embrace"

"fond of his nephew"

"a tender glance"

2. adoring, doting, fond

extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent

"adoring grandparents"

"deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"

"hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"

3. fond, partial

followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or liking for

"fond of chocolate"

"partial to horror movies"

4. fond

absurd or silly because unlikely

"fond hopes of becoming President"

"fond fancies"

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Quotations for fond

Human nature is fond of novelty. [ Pliny the Elder ]

Nobody is fond of fading flowers. [ Proverb ]

How many fond fools serve mad jealousy! [ William Shakespeare ]

Sire of repentance, child of fond desire! [ Cowley ]

Oh! the pain of pains
Is when the fair one, whom our soul is fond of,
Gives transport, and receives it from another. [ Young ]

As fond of it, as an ape is of a whip and a bell. [ Proverb ]

Fond man! though all the heroes of your line
Bedeck your halls, and round your galleries shine
In proud display; yet take this truth from
Virtue alone is true nobility! [ Gifford ]

Those that much covet are with gain so fond,
That what they have not, that which they possess,
They scatter and unloose it from their bond.
And so, by hoping more, they have but less. [ William Shakespeare ]

Her eye (I am very fond of handsome eyes).
Was large and dark, suppressing half its fire
Until she spoke, then through its soft disguise
Flashed an expression more of pride than ire,
And love than either; and there would arise,
A something in them which was not desire,
But would have been, perhaps, but for the soul,
Which struggled through and chastened down the whole. [ Byron ]

Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird.
That flies to thy breast at one cherishing word,
That folds its wild wings there, ne'er dreaming of flight.
That tenderly sings there in loving delight!
Oh! my sad heart keeps pining for one fond word,
Call me pet names, dearest! Call me thy bird! [ Mrs. Osgood ]

Coquettes are like hunters who are fond of hunting, but do not eat the game.

What woman says to her fond lover should be written in air or the swift water. [ Catullus ]

From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. [ Washington Irving ]

Evasive of the bridal day, she gives fond hopes to all, and all with hope deceives. [ Pope ]

Man's activity is all too fain to relax; he soon gets fond of unconditional repose. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

All women are fond of minds that inhabit fine bodies, and of souls that have fine eyes. [ J. Joubert ]

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought and of elevated opinions. [ George Dawson ]

Fond fool! six feet shall serve for all thy store, and he that cares for most shall find no more. [ Bishop Hall ]

Never trust a woman who wears mauve or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It means they have a history. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

Always! that is a dreadful word. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

Resolution is the youngest and dearest daughter of Destiny, and may win from the fond mother almost any favor she chooses to ask. [ Lowell ]

I think I am rather fond of silent people myself. I cannot bear to live with a person who feels compelled to talk because he is my companion. [ Disraeli ]

When a mother, as fond mothers will, vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much. [ Thackeray ]

We are too fond of our own will; we want to be doing what we fancy mighty things: but the great point is to do small things, when called to them, in a right spirit. [ Cecil ]

Mothers are more fond of their children than fathers are; for the bringing them forth is more painful, and they have a more certain knowledge that they are their own. [ Aristotle ]

I learn several great truths; as that it is impossible to see into the ways of futurity, that punishment always attends the villain, that love is the fond soother of the human breast. [ Goldsmith ]

The night is made for tenderness; so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music; and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs, and on the lip made holy. [ N. P. Willis ]

To one given to day-dreaming, and fond of losing himself in reveries, a sea-voyage is full of subjects for meditation; but then they are the wonders of the deep and of the air, and rather tend to abstract the mind from worldly themes. [ W. Irving ]

When all that is fond in our nature is most thoroughly awakened, when we feel most deeply and tenderly - even then, love is so conscious of its instability that we are irresistibly prompted to ask; Do you love me? Will you love me always? [ Balzac ]

A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God ever gives us. [ Bovee ]

We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate flattery, which gratifies in different ways the giver and the receiver. The one takes it as a recompense of his merit, and the other bestows it to display his equity and discernment. [ Rochefoucauld ]

There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections. [ Washington Irving ]

Nature, at all events, humanly speaking, is manifestly very fond of color; for she has made nothing without it. Her skies are blue; her fields, green; her waters vary with her skies; her animals, vegetables, minerals, are all colored. She paints a great many of them in apparently superfluous hues, as if to show the dullest eye how she loves color. [ Leigh Hunt ]

A pair of bright eyes with a dozen glances suffice to subdue a man; to enslave him, and inflame; to make him even forget; they dazzle him so that the past becomes straightway dim to him; and he so prizes them that he would give all his life to possess them. What is the fond love of dearest friends compared to his treasure? Is memory as strong as expectancy, fruition as hunger, gratitude as desire? [ Thackeray ]

See a fond mother encircled by her children; with pious tenderness she looks around, and her soul even melts with maternal love. One she kisses on its cheeks, and clasps another to her bosom; one she sets upon her knee, and finds a seat upon her foot for another. And while, by their actions, by their lisping words, and asking eyes, she understands their numberless little wishes, to these she dispenses a look, and a word to those; and whether she grants or refuses, whether she smiles or frowns, it is all in tender love. [ Krummacher ]

fond in Scrabble®

The word fond is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters fond:

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fond in Words With Friends™

The word fond is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters fond:

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Words within the letters of fond

2 letter words in fond (4 words)

3 letter words in fond (2 words)

4 letter words in fond (1 word)

fond + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence fond

Words with fond in them (3 words)

Words that end with fond (3 words)

Word Growth involving fond

Shorter words in fond

on

Longer words containing fond

fondant fondants

fonded

fonder

fondest

fondle fondled

fondle fondler fondlers

fondle fondles

fondling

fondly overfondly

fondness overfondness

fonds

fondue fondues

overfond overfondly

overfond overfondness

unfond