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fancy
verb (LIKE) /ˈfæn.si/Definition
B1 [T] mainly UK to want to have or do something: Do you fancy a drink this evening? [+ -ing verb] I didn't fancy swimming in that water.Wanting thingsHoping and hopefulness B2 [T] mainly UK informal to be sexually attracted to someone: He could tell she fancied him.Sexual attractionAttractive fancy yourself mainly UK disapproving › to think you are very attractive or important: That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?Showing arrogance and conceitConfidence and self-assuranceBoasting
(Definition of fancy verb (LIKE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ache for sth phrasal verb
- acquisitive adjective (WANTING THINGS)
- ambitious adjective
- angle for sth phrasal verb
- aspirant noun
- desire verb (WANT)
- desirous adjective
- dream about/of sth phrasal verb
- fall over yourself idiom
- give your eyeteeth for sth idiom
- incline verb (FEEL)
- lust after/for sth phrasal verb
- need verb (MUST HAVE)
- pant for/after sb/sth phrasal verb
- pine for sth/sb phrasal verb
- queue verb
- taker noun (ACCEPT)
- would modal verb (WISH)
- yearn verb
- your heart's desire idiom
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