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Sophisticated in a way that is intended to impress
“She carried with her a fancy handbag made with Italian leather.”
Expensive in a way that is intended to impress
“Carla decided to splash out on their vacation by getting a fancy hotel room.”
Complex or complicated in nature
“You didn't have to come up with such a fancy solution for a simple problem such as this.”
Ostentatiously attractive or impressive
Bearing good value, worth or reliability
Decorated with frills
Very complicated or detailed
Tending to be fanciful or inventive
Made of lace or decorated with it
Regarded with deep and special affection
Showing or characterized by great energy and movement
An unfounded or tentative belief or idea
“I have a fancy that he is going to be late to arrive yet again.”
A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction
“I have to admit that I had a fancy for being a professional rapper when I was younger.”
A vivid mental image, especially a fanciful one
“Dan's quick-witted mind and surreal flights of fancy have delighted both critics and comedy audiences alike.”
The faculty of imagination
“The writer is a woman of a dominant and persistent will, as well as a vivid fancy.”
A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior
A delusion, a false hope
A compulsive or irrational preoccupation
A state of dreaming while awake
The act of postulating or something postulated
Something that is invented or untrue
Something that is considered a luxury or treat, especially food
A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time
Something done for pleasure or entertainment
An unreasoning love for or sexual attraction to
Raw spot
The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are
Disturbance or party
A practical joke or mischievous trick
A total misrepresentation of the facts
A belief that something either can or will happen
The faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action
A very unpleasant or frightening experience or prospect
A thing that attracts or tempts someone
A quality or feeling of mystery or excitement
To think or suppose
“I fancy that the earth isn't quite as flat as you imagine it to be.”
To feel a desire or liking for
“Would you fancy some crumpets to go with your afternoon tea?”
To find physically alluring
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