fancied

verb

Definition of fanciednext
past tense of fancy
1
as in imagined
to form a mental picture of try to fancy, if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India

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2
as in enjoyed
to take pleasure in the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancied
  1. imagined
  2. enjoyed
  3. saw
  4. envisioned
  5. dreamed
Verb
  • And the president’s job is far more complex than the 18th-century framers of the Constitution could have imagined.
    Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This new medical paradigm impacted not only how external threats were imagined—the hordes of viruses, spores and prions who now appeared to be always threatening to break through our defences—but also how the internal world of the body was envisioned.
    Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of imagined
Verb
  • Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2023, Lundqvist enjoyed an elite 15-year NHL career with the New York Rangers.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Keith Urban has enjoyed decades as one of the most successful musicians in the country industry, especially in America.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of enjoyed
Verb
  • But most are satisfied with the sounds of scraping, sawing, sanding, drilling and hammering.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • As previously mentioned, there’s a scene in which a Weeknd gets sawed in half.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of saw
Verb
  • The Rams envisioned Williams starting opposite Tre’Davious White, a former All-Pro for the Buffalo Bills who was coming off Achilles surgery.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That formal change in Russia’s nuclear doctrine — which had previously envisioned a nuclear response only in the event of an existential threat to Russia — grabbed headlines and stirred a fresh round of debate in Western capitals.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of envisioned
Verb
  • But Celia always dreamed of being a writer.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Viewers have dreamt of getting their hands on a real-life Krabby Patty for more than two decades and the burger chain is delivering on the fantasy.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dreamed
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