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The meaning of DARLING is a dearly loved person. How to use darling in a sentence.
Synonyms for DARLING: loved, beloved, cherished, precious, favorite, sweet, dear, special; Antonyms of DARLING: despised, disliked, hated, ignored, detested, loathed, abhorred, forgotten.
a person who is very much loved or liked: Oh darling, I love you. Here's your change, darling. the darling of In spite of his unpopularity in the USSR, Gorbachev remained the darling of (= very popular with) the West right to the end.
Some people use darling to describe someone or something that they love or like very much. [ informal ] To have a darling baby boy was the greatest gift I could imagine.
a person very dear to another; one dearly loved. (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address. a person or thing in great favor; a favorite: She was the darling of caf é society.
Use the word darling for someone you love or care for deeply. Your sweet old grandmother probably calls you darling. You can describe someone as being your darling, or address them that way: "I missed you so much while I was working on that fishing boat, darling!"
Origin of Darling. From Middle English derling, from Old English dēorling (“darling, favorite, minion", also "household god”), corresponding to dear + -ling. From Wiktionary. Middle English dereling from Old English dēorling dēore dear -ling diminutive suff.
one who is dearly loved: My daughter is a little darling. adj. [before a noun] very dear; dearly loved; cherished: my darling child. charming; cute; lovable: What a darling baby!
the darling of somebody/something a person who is especially liked and very popular. She is the darling of the newspapers and can do no wrong.
darling. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dar‧ling1 /ˈdɑːlɪŋ $ ˈdɑːr-/ S3 noun 1 spoken used when speaking to someone you love Look, darling, there’s Mary. 2 [ countable] someone who is very nice You really are a darling, Barney. 3 → the darling of something Examples from the Corpus darling • He's such a darling.
