darling
see also: Darling
Pronunciation Noun
Darling
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Darling
Pronunciation Noun
darling (plural darlings)
- A person who is dear to one.
- Mary, the youngest daughter, was always her mother's darling.
- A kind or sweet person; sweetheart.
- The girl next door picks up all my shopping for me. She is such a darling.
- An affectionate term of address.
- Pass the wine, would you darling?
- (by extension) A person or thing very popular with a certain group.
- a media darling
- a darling of the theatre
- French: chéri, chérie
- German: Liebling, Schatz
- Italian: tesoro, amore
- Portuguese: querido, querida
- Russian: возлю́бленный
- Spanish: querido, querida, amado, amada
darling (comparative darlinger, superlative darlingest)
- Dear; cherished.
- She is my darling wife of twenty-two years.
- charming
- Well isn't that a darling little outfit she has on.
- Portuguese: encantador
- Russian: очарова́тельный
- Spanish: encantador
Darling
Pronunciation Proper noun
- Surname, originally a nickname from darling.
- 2005, Michael Dowling, Jürgen Schmude, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research
- Richard and David Darling, founders of Codemasters, a multimillion-pound computer game company, dropped out of school aged 15 and 16 to write computer games […]
- 2005, Michael Dowling, Jürgen Schmude, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research
- A major river of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, named for Governor Ralph Darling.
- The Australian aboriginal language Baagandji, spoken along this river in New South Wales.
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