``````````````````` PENCHANT `````````````````````

pen·chant

noun

Word Meaning:

continued inclination

strong preference or tendency

a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something

Sample Sentences:

He has a penchant for adopting stray dogs.

My aunt has a penchant for things that are a bit wacky.

The backpacker did not have a penchant for luxury travel.

You may have developed a strange penchantfor interior decorating.

Tom had a penchant for heavy metal music and two bullies for older brothers.

Synonyms:

liking, fondness, preference, taste, relish, appetite, partiality, love, passion, desire, fancy,

whim, weakness, inclination, bent, bias, proclivity, predilection, predisposition