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darling
1[ dahr-ling ]
noun
- a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) an affectionate or familiar term of address.
- a person or thing in great favor; a favorite:
She was the darling of caf é society.
adjective
- very dear; dearly loved:
my darling child.
- favorite; cherished.
- Informal. charming; cute; lovable:
a darling baby!
Darling
2[ dahr-ling ]
noun
- Jay Nor·wood [nawr, -w, oo, d], Ding, 1876–1962, U.S. political cartoonist.
Darling
1/ ˈɑːɪŋ /
noun
- DarlingGrace18151842FEnglishPOLITICS: national heroine Grace. 1815–42, English national heroine, famous for her rescue (1838) of some shipwrecked sailors with her father, a lighthouse keeper
darling
2/ ˈɑːɪŋ /
noun
- a person very much loved: often used as a term of address
- a favourite
the teacher's darling
adjective
- beloved
- much admired; pleasing
a darling hat
Other Word Forms
- 岹lԲ· adverb
- 岹lԲ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of darling1
Example Sentences
Such moves announce the writers’ ruthlessness when it comes to their heroes, selling the looming possibility that no one is safe in their show, not even the audience’s darlings.
For decades, the eighty-year-old Wilkinson has been a darling of the conservative legal movement.
In December 1927, it cautioned young women "to become a good cook before you marry, darling. Then you will be competent to rebuke a staff of domestics or to dispense with one".
Data suggests it still has a long way to go to catch up with neighbouring Sweden, long the Nordic darling of the European start-up scene.
This was evident again when he went on to prosecute and jail South Korea's impeached conservative president Park Geun-hye in 2018, making him a darling of the left.
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