ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Darling

/ˈdɑːlɪŋ/ · noun

Meaning

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one..

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
A person who is kind, sweet, etc., and thus lovable; a pet, a sweetheart; also, an animal or thing which is cute and lovable.
A favourite.
Very dear; beloved, cherished, favourite.
(affected) Very cute or lovable; adorable, charming, sweet.
(transitive, informal) To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1).

Pass the wine, would you, darling?

[I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.

Feare ye not (ô darling) on thy ſide deſtinie runneth.

How ſhall I, void of tears, her death relate, / VVhile on her darling’s bed her mother ſate!

Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling: / Mother sits beside thee smiling: / Sleep, my darling, tenderly!

My first, last love; the idol of my youth, / The darling of my manhood, and, alas! / Now the most blessed memory of mine age.

It is not worth the keeping: let it go: / But shall it? answer, darling, answer, no. / And trust me not at all or all in all.

'Twas not satiety bade me leave the dearling of my soul, ⁕ But that she sinned a mortal sin which clipt me in its clip: […]

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Darling means Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one..

Common synonyms include darl, babber, babe, precious.

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

Pass the wine, would you, darling?

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