darling
dar·ling (där′liŋ)
noun
- a person much loved by another: often a term of affectionate address
- a favorite
- a sweet, lovable, or gracious person
Etymology: ME dereling < OE deorling, dim. of deore, dear
adjective
- very dear; beloved
- Informal cute; attractive a darling dress
Dar·ling (där′liŋ)
darling
n.
A beloved one
love, dear one, beloved, pet; see sense 2, favorite, friend 1, lover 1.Term of endearment
dear, sweetheart, honey, dear one, beloved, my own, dear heart, heart's desire, dearest, lover, pet, sweet, sweetie, angel, truelove, love, jewel, treasure, pearl, sweetie-pie, sugar, honeybun, honeybunch, precious, cutie, princess, dearie, ducky, baby, babe, sweet mama, sugarplum, honey lamb, hon, lamb, lambie pie, chéri, light of my life, lady love, heartsease, one and only.
Converse of object
- become: He becomes the darling of the Parisian theater scene, yet he never wins his love.
Adjective modifier
- little: I have my little darling little baby fast asleep in her sling on my chest.
- poor: Poor darling, he was very tired, she thought.
- sweet: Let the morning come, my sweet darling, and then I shall take you for a bath in the Ganga ' .
- lovely: Poopy, my lovely black darling; where have you come from?
- current: Hugo Chavez is not the current darling of the left.
Modifies a noun
- princess: Until then, you make sure that you look after yourself, my darling princess.
- bud: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
- daughter: Happy birthday to our darling daughter, for ever in our thoughts.
- husband: In loving memory of my darling husband, Dennis.
- wife: And you, my faithful and darling wife, you too must be strong.
- son: Exactly nine months earlier just around the same time we heard our darling son was dead, his life taken by evil men.
Noun used with modifier
- indie: Some mixing wizardry by pal Jeff Garber ( formerly of indie darlings National Skyline ) finally whipped the album into shape.
- media: Pretty soon she's a media darling, receiving invitations to appear on masses of shows.
- silver: Silver Darlings The town of Yarmouth began as a herring fishing settlement in the 10th Century.
- medium: A media darling just a few months ago - remember reading about his fabulous wardrobe?
Possessives
- critic: Little wonder, then, that they have rarely been critics ' darlings.
Preposition: of
'Will ye gang wi'me, Lizzy Lindsay, Will ye gang to the Highlands wi'me? Will ye gang wi'me, Lizzy Lindsay. My bride and my darling to be?'
An'Charlie he's my darling, my darling, my darling, Charlie he's my darling, the young Chevalier.
Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex.
