Beloved
[bɪ'lʌvɪd;-'lʌvd] or [bɪ'lʌvd]
Definition
(noun.) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment.
(adj.) dearly loved .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Belove
(p. p. & a.) Greatly loved; dear to the heart.
(n.) One greatly loved.
Editor: Ricky
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dear, darling, much loved.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cared_for, cherished, loved
ANT:Hated, loathed
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Definition
p.adj. much loved very dear—often compounded with well-; best- &c.—n. one who is much loved.—adj. Belov′ing (Shak.) = loving.
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Examples
- I passed to the altered days when I was so blest as to find friends in all around me, and to be beloved. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm sick of the beloved paSt.' 'Not so sick as I am of the accursed present,' he said. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His son was still beloved and unforgiven. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This is kind, she cried; this is noble, my own beloved! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A dark conspiracy was on foot in the midst of us; and our beloved and innocent friend had been entangled in its meshes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sweet one, and I folded her to my heart, better repose than wander further;--rest--my beloved, I will make a fire--you are chill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I wish it had been smashed up when its day was over, not left to preach the beloved past to us. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Who was better framed than this highly-gifted youth to love and be beloved, and to reap unalienable joy from an unblamed passion? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We have no trace of him at present, although our exertions to discover him are unremitted; but they will not restore my beloved William. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It is hard,' said the good doctor, turning away as he spoke; 'so young; so much beloved; but there is very little hope. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Farewell, beloved child! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- They will make my going abroad a point of honour; but even then, my beloved angel-wife will accompany me! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- My beloved, so he wrote to me at last, my spirits and health fail me; they are worn out and exhausted, with this close confinement. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mrs. Threadgall dropped her head right into her tucker, and, in a lower voice still, repeated the solemn words, My beloved husband is no more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I shuddered involuntarily, and clung instinctively closer to my blind but beloved master. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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