Endearment
[ɪn'dɪəm(ə)nt;en-] or [ɪn'dɪrmənt]
Definition
(n.) The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Caressing, caress, blandishment, fondling.
Checker: Lorrie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BLANDISHMENT]
Checker: Lowell
Examples
- The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her lips murmured the words close on the grave-stone, murmured them in tones of passionate endearment, to the dead remains beneath. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Old Figs grew to be a name of kindness and endearment; and the sneak of an usher jeered at him no longer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Helena made a pretty grimace, and ordered Maurice back to his chair, which was at a safe distance, and did not admit of any embarrassing endearments. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The former feeling gradually gave way before the endearments of his ward, and the pride which he could not help nourishing in the fame of his son. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Paul petted and patted her; the endearments she received were not to be wondered at; she invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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