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noun

1. A person who is much loved: beloved, dear, honey, love, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove. Informal sweetie. Idioms: light of one's life. See love/hatred.
2. One liked or preferred above all others: favorite, pet. Idioms: apple of one's eye. See like/dislike.

adjective

1. Regarded with much love and tenderness: beloved, dear, loved, precious. See love/hatred.
2. Given special, usually doting treatment: fair-haired, favored, favorite, pet. See treat well/treat badly/treat.
3. Giving great pleasure or delight: charming, delectable, delicious, delightful, enchanting, heavenly, luscious. See good/bad, happy/unhappy, like/dislike.

n

Definition: sweetheart, favorite person
Antonyms: enemy, foe

IN BRIEF: Much loved.

Of all the girls that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally. She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley. — Henry Carey (c.1687-1743), English poet, composer, rumor: wrote words and music of God Save the King from Sally in Our Alley, 1729.

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For a list of words related to darling, see:

• Pet Names
• Flirtation, Dating, and Courting - darling: sweetheart, lover

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skat, elskede, yndling, øjesten
adj. - kær, elsket, yndig, yndlings-

Nederlands (Dutch)
liefste, lieveling, geliefd, schattig

Français (French)
n. - chéri, bien-aimé (arch), favori, (fig) la coqueluche de, un amour de, un chou, un ange
adj. - chéri, bien-aimé (arch), le plus cher (littér)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Liebling
adj. - lieb, niedlich, herzig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αγαπημένη/-ος, κανακάρης, χαϊδεμένο παιδί
adj. - αγαπημένος, φίλτατος, αξιαγάπητος

Italiano (Italian)
cocco, tesoro, tesorino, carissimo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - querido/a
adj. - querido/a

Русский (Russian)
милый/милая

Español (Spanish)
n. - querido, querida, preferido, favorito, predilecto
adj. - querido, querida, preferido, favorito, predilecto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - älskling
adj. - gullig, söt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
亲爱的, 可爱的物, 可爱的人, 可爱的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 親愛的, 可愛的物, 可愛的人
adj. - 可愛的, 親愛的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사랑스러운 사람[것]
adj. - 사랑스러운, 매력적인, 간절히 바라는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - いとしい人, お気に入りの人, ダーリング, ダーリング川
adj. - 最愛の, すてきな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحبيب, المحبوب (صفه) حبيب, عزيز‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם או דבר אהובים או יפים‬
adj. - ‮יקירתי, יקירי, מקסים, נחמד, יקר, אהוב‬

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