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partial to

ADJECTIVE
taken with
Synonyms
WEAK
carried away with enamored enamored of gaga over hot for infatuated smitten smitten with
ADJECTIVE
thirsty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anxious dehydrated eager greedy hungry impatient inclined keen parched
WEAK
agog appetent ardent arid athirst avid bone-dry breathless burning cottonmouthed craving crazy for droughty dry as dust dying for hankering itching for juiceless longing lusting sapless thirsting waterless wild for yearning
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unconcerned unenthusiastic
WEAK
moist quenched satisfied wet
VERB
hanker
Synonyms
STRONGEST
crave itch yearn
STRONG
ache covet hunger long lust pine sigh thirst want wish yen
WEAK
cream for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
dislike hate
STRONG
despise
WEAK
be averse
VERB
hanker after/hanker for
Synonyms
WEAK
ache covet crave hunger itch long lust pine sigh thirst want wish yearn yen
Antonyms
WEAK
dislike hate

Example Sentences

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Newman was charmed; others, partial to the “fancy tricks with the paint” of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, were not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

From Jerry Maguire and King Richard to The Blind Side, the Oscars have always been partial to a sports biopic.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

I’m partial to something that's less opaque to the ordinary citizen, things like citizens' assemblies or “micropublics,” which are more popular in Europe but not well known in America.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025

Mick was very partial to hot chocolate, and she came in three or four times a week to drink a cup.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers