Darling
['dɑːlɪŋ] or ['dɑrlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River.
(noun.) a special loved one.
Typed by Carlyle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One dearly beloved; a favorite.
(a.) Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Favorite, idol, pet, dear.
a. Favorite, beloved, dear, precious, much loved.
Edited by Carmella
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pet, love, sweet, pretty, dear, favorite, delight
ANT:Antipathy, abomination, horror
Edited by Beverly
Definition
n. a little dear: one dearly beloved: a favourite.
Inputed by Eleanor
Examples
- Yes, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You shall be sure of me, darling, he said, folding her in his arms. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We will, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Go to sleep, darling, and I'll love you no matter how it is. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I know, I know, my darling. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Oh, please, darling, please make it stop. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Dick, who is to give my darling to me at the altar, has had his hair curled. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We shall both bless the day, darling, when I pressed, and when you yielded. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My poor lame darling! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I'm going to have a baby, darling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Darling, please be sensible. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Who, but you, you poor trustful darling? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And so you shall, my darling--when I tell you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He's SO beautiful-mmm, Looloo, my sweet darling. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She urged her to make her papa do something for the darlings. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Only let us be thankful that the darlings are like the beasts of the field, and don't know their own power. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In progress of time, I also became a father, and our little darlings, our playthings and delights, called forth a thousand new and delicious feelings. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The rioters not having succeeded in effecting an entrance, his grim metal darlings--the machines--had escaped damage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They nurse and cuddle their presentiments, and make darlings of their ugliest thoughts, as they do of their deformed children. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Your husband's feet are darlings--Here he comes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Good night, darlings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Good night, my darlings, said Mrs. March, as the hymn ended, for no one cared to try another. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Live on, ye innocents, nature's selected darlings; I am not much unlike to you. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- O my poor darlings! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The sprightly gentleman with the black hair as suddenly put his head round the beam on the right, and said, 'Look out there, darlings! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Worcester's letter, of three sheets crossed and recrossed, only contained matter for four pages, leaving out the dearest darlings! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Steady, darlings! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Good-by, my darlings! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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