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Definition: Darling |
DarlingAdjective1. Dearly loved. Noun1. A special loved one. 2. An Australian river; tributary of the Murray River. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "darling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Darling Ps. 22:20; 35:17) means an "only one." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Biographical Satire | DARLING, Grace, a light-house keeper's daughter who showed the world that a woman may fear a mouse, but not a tempest. One of the truly brave who did not receive a Carnegie advertisement. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Darling is a 1965 film which tells the story of an amoral model who sleeps her way to success. It stars Laurence Harvey, Dirk Bogarde and Julie Christie.The movie was written by Frederic Raphael and directed by John Schlesinger.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Julie Christie), Best Costume Design, Black-and-White and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen. It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales. (Some geographers treat the Darling and the lower Murray as a single river, 3,000km long. This is largely a matter of semantics.) Officially the Darling begins near Bourke at the confluence of the Culgoa and Bogan rivers, streams which rise in the ranges of southern Queensland. The whole Murray-Darling river system, one of the largest in the world, drains all of New South Wales west of the Great Dividing Range, much of northern Victoria and southern Queensland and parts of South AustraliaThe Queensland headwaters of the Darling (the area now known as the Darling Downs) were gradually colonised from 1815 onward. In 1828 the explorer Charles Sturt was sent by the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Ralph Darling, to investigate the course of the Macquarie River. He discovered the Bogan and then, early in 1829, the upper Darling, which he named after the Governor. In 1835 Major Thomas Mitchell travelled the whole length of the Darling, confirming Sturt's earlier discovery that it was a tributary of the Murray.
In the later 19th century the Darling became a major transportation route, the pastoralists of western New South Wales using it to send their wool by paddle steamer from busy river ports such as Bourke and Wilcannia to the South Australian railhead at Murray Bridge. But over the past century the river's importance has declined. In this period the Australian poet Henry Lawson wrote a well-known ironic tribute to the Darling River.
Today the Darling is in poor health, suffering from overuse of its waters, pollution from pesticide runoff and prolonged drought, possibly the result of manmade global warming. In some years it barely flows at all. The river has a high salt content and declining water quality. To quote another Henry Lawson poem:
The skies are brass and the plains are bare,
Death and ruin are everywhere;
And all that is left of the last year's flood
Is a sickly stream on the grey-black mud;
The salt-springs bubble and the quagmires quiver,
And this is the dirge of the Darling River.The Murray-Darling Basin Commission co-ordinates efforts by the Australian and state governments to halt and reverse the environmental degradation of the river system.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Darling River."
Synonyms: DarlingSynonyms: beloved (adj), dear (adj), dearie (n), deary (n), ducky (n), favorite (n), favourite (n), pet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Favorite | Love, dear, darling, duck, duckey, honey, sugar, jewel; mopsey, moppet, princess; sweetheart, sweetie; (love). |
Love | Loved; Verb: beloved well beloved, dearly beloved; dear, precious, darling, pet, little; favorite, popular. |
Inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Darling |
| English words defined with "darling": Dearling, Dereling, Dilling ♦ genus Swainsona ♦ Jo ♦ macushla, Minikin, mollycoddle ♦ Namoi, Namoi River ♦ Swainsona, Sweeting ♦ Warling. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "darling": Duckie ♦ Grace Darling. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "darling": Warling. (references) |
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Screenplays | You're right, my darling, it's so much more (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Frankly darling, if I had the chance again I wouldn't have had children (Bridget Jones's Diary; writing credit: Helen Fielding) It's a darling shovel (The Solid Gold Cadillac; writing credit: Abe Burrows; George S. Kaufman) Actually, darling, I couldn't wait to begin our little movie (The Mirror Crack'd; writing credit: Agatha Christie; Jonathan Hales) Darling fascist bully-boy Give me some more money You bastard May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman Neil (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall) | |
Lyrics | And if you gotta go, darling (Don't Turn Around; performing artist: Ace Of Base) Oh, my love, my darling, ("Unchained Melody"; performing artist: Al Hibbler) I love, i love you my darling (So Much In Love; performing artist: All-4-One) C'mon baby, c'mon darling, ooh yeah (Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know; performing artist: Britney Spears) Well you can wait on your blesses my darling (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Not Now Darling (1973) All My Darling Daughters (1972) Daddy's Deadly Darling (1972) Darling Not Tonight (1972) Mr. Digby Darling (1969) | |
Song Titles | Darling Take Me Back (performing artist: Lenny Welch) Darling Be Home Soon (performing artist: The Lovin' Spoonful) | |
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 | Level party crossing bayous near Dugdemona River Level party of R. C. Darling. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Not the best bridge, but it will work Level party crossing bayous near Dugdemona River Level party of R. C. Darling. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Laboratory technician Ann Darling pipeting serum for radioimmunoassay of pine needle poisoning which causes abortions in cattle. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |  | Brush and ink drawing of Mallards by Jay N. "Ding" Darling, a famous cartoonist and noted conservationist. The artist was chief of the Biological Survey, a precursor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1934 to 1936. "Ding" conceived the idea of using duck stamps to raise money for the purchase of wetlands. (Deceased) Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page Visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home. |
 | Fly Fishing at Ding Darling NWR. Credit: Washington DC Library. |  | [William Darling, M.D.]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [G. Darling, M.D.] / W. Hilton, R.A. pinx. G. Zobel, sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Del Darling. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dell Darling. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Oh Davie, Davie, what a darling she was. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Darling Harbour Cruise 4" by Igor Kasalovic Commentary: "Darling Harbour Cruise - Sydney,Australia." | "Sleepy Black Cat" by Lisa Rae Swan Commentary: "My darling cat, Samuel." |
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Freddie Mercury | The most important thing, darling, is to live a fabulous life. As long as it's fabulous, I don't care how long it is. |
Lucretius | Mother of Aeneas and his race, darling of men and gods, nurturing Venus. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. |
William Shakespeare | Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Choose one of them, darling. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Monsieur Pontmercy, always love my darling child |
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Trade | Argentina | Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references) |
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| "Darling" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.50% of the time. "Darling" is used about 1,330 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 85.5% | 1,137 | 6,732 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.97% | 146 | 26,107 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.53% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,330 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "darling" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Darling | Last name | 7,000 | 1,931 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Darling Park Trust | USA | Darling International Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "darling": darling of fortune ♦ darling pea ♦ darling River ♦ fortune's darling ♦ hairy darling pea ♦ little darling ♦ mother's darling ♦ mummy's darling ♦ smooth darling pea ♦ spoiled darling ♦ the darling of the public ♦ what a darling house! ♦ what a darling little kitten!. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "darling": darling-idea, darling-no. | |
Ending with "darling": Stormonth-darling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
darling | 169 | darling las little vegas | 17 |
gia darling | 136 | die die my darling | 17 |
daddys darling | 118 | darling river | 15 |
little darling | 96 | auto darling | 15 |
darling home | 66 | darling ding | 15 |
jessica darling | 62 | darling oh | 14 |
darling harbour | 54 | basin darling murray | 13 |
darling heather | 35 | darling bud | 12 |
the darling bud of may | 32 | darling harbor | 11 |
darling violetta | 28 | julia darling | 11 |
darling nikkie | 28 | by darling sea | 11 |
my darling clementine | 26 | darling harbour sydney | 11 |
ron darling | 22 | darling ford | 11 |
darling international | 22 | my darling my hamburger | 11 |
darling nikki | 21 | darling narita | 11 |
darling harbour holiday inn | 18 | darling lake | 10 |
jane darling | 17 | little darling movie | 10 |
candy darling | 17 | ibis hotel darling harbour | 9 |
linda darling hammond | 17 | 3d darling | 9 |
grace darling | 17 | darling harbour novotel | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "darling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skat (treasure). (various references) | |
Albanian | pëllumb (dove, pigeon, squab), i dashur (affable, affected, affectionate, amiable, baby, beloved, caring, dear, debonair, fond, friendly, genial, gentle, good, good natured, kind, kindly, love, pleasant, precious, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, sweety, Truelove, Valentine, warm), favorit (fair haired, favorite, favourite, minion), e dashur (duck, ducky, flame, girl, girl friend, ladybird, ladybug, ladylove, lass, lassie, woman). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاتن (alluring, attractive, breathtaking, captivating, catching, charming, cute, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, exquisite, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, likely, lovely, magic, magical, mesmeric, personable, philanderer, picturesque, pretty, ravishing, seducer, spellbinding, stunning, superb, sweet, tempter, thrilling, winning, winsome, zestful), محبوب (agreeable, beloved, dear, dearest, dearly loved, delightful, desirable, favorite, favourite, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, lover, lovey, pleasing, popular, well-beloved), قرة العين (joy, pleasure, sweetheart), حبيب (baby, lover, sweetheart), ساحر (attractive, bewitched, captivating, charming, conjuror, ducky, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, magic, magical, magnetic, magus, mesmeric, pleasant, prestigious, ravishing, stunning, taking, winning, winsome, zestful), عزيز (beloved, dear, precious), الحبيب (dear, honey, lover, sweet, sweet heart, sweetie, sweety), العزيز (dear, lamb, poppet), أثير (beloved, favorite, favourite, fond). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | галеник (pet, white-headed boy), очарователен (adorable, alluring, bewitching, captivating, charming, delightful, entrancing, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, lovely, orphic, raving, ravishing, stunning, sweet, winning, winsome), мил (agreeable, amiable, benign, comfortable, cute, dear, engaging, genial, good, kind, likable, likeable, lovable, mil, nice, sweet), любимец (favorite, favourite, fondling, minion, nursling, pet, white-headed boy), любим (beloved, dear, favorite, favourite, inamorato, love, lover, mash, paramour, pet, precious, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, true love, well-beloved), приятен (acceptable, agreeable, cheerful, clever, companionable, cozy, easy, engaging, enjoyable, good, gracious, grateful, groovy, jocund, jolly, likable, likeable, likely, luscious, merry, musical, nice, nice-looking, not unwelcome, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, rose colored, rose coloured, sapid, satisfying, savoury, soft, sweet, sympathetic, toothsome, welcome). (various references) | |
Chinese | 亲爱的, 寶貝 (baby, cowry, good-for-nothing or queer character, treasure, treasured object), 寶寶 (baby). (various references) | |
Czech | drahoušek (ducky, sweetheart), roztomilý (amiable, appealing, charming, cute, lovable, lovely, pleasing, pretty, refreshing, sweet), rozkošný (adorable, delightful, fetching, pleasurable), miláèek (dear, favorite, favourite, heartthrob, honey, inamorato, love, pet, sweetheart, sweetie, Sweeting, Valentine). (various references) | |
Dutch | schat (sweetheart, treasure), lieverd, lieveling (favourite, sweetheart), liefje (beloved, loved one, lover, sweetheart, well-beloved). (various references) | |
Esperanto | karulo, karulino. (various references) | |
Faeroese | hin gamli, góði. (various references) | |
Farsi | محبوب (Beloved, Chary, Cuddlesome, Dear, Favorite, Lief, Lovable, Popular), عزیز (Chary, Dear, Lief, Pet, Turtledove). (various references) | |
Finnish | sydänkäpy, lemmikki (favourite, forget-me-not), kulta (gold, sweetheart), kullanmuru (dear, ducky), armas (beloved, charming, dear, sweet, sweetheart). (various references) | |
French | petit amour, le plus cher, favori, cocotte, charmant, chéri, bien aimé, bien adoré. (various references) | |
Frisian | skat (treasure), leave. (various references) | |
German | Liebling (dove, ducky, favorite, favourite, honey, love, minion, pet, sweet, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Greek | πολυαγαπημένοσ (beloved, true love), ωραιότατοσ, χαριτωμένοσ (comely, cute, dinky, graceful, lightsome, pretty), αγάπη μου (dearie). (various references) | |
Hebrew | יקיר (beloved, dear, honourable, notable, treasure, worthy), אהוב (beloved, lovely, lover, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kedves (affable, amiable, beloved, bland, comely, dear, ducky, expensive, friendly, gentle, good-natured, kind, lady love, likable, lovable, loveable, lovely, lover, loving, marrow, mild, nice, paramour, suave, sweet, Valentine, valuable). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dewi (be loved, Goddess), tercinta (beloved), sayang (babe, baby, dear, kind, sweetie), kesayangan (affection, love, pet, sorrow), kekasih (babe, beloved, lovely, mash, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Italian | prediletto (favorite, favourite). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 恋しい (beloved, dear, yearned for), 愛しい (beloved, dear, lovely), タ行 (Classification for Japanese verb with the dictionary form ending in "tsu", Dahl, dark, dark matter, Darwin, diagram, dial, dialogue, dial-up, diary, diatonic, diet, digest, Dijkstra, Diner's Club, diode, dozen, DynaBook, dynamic, dynamics, dynamism, dynamite, necktie, tie), 可愛い (charming, cute, dear, lovely, pet, pretty). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ダーリン , かわいい (charming, cute, dear, lovely, pet, pretty), かわゆい (charming, cute, dear, lovely, pet, pretty), いとしい (beloved, dear, lovely), こいしい (beloved, dear, yearned for). (various references) | |
Korean | 당신. (various references) | |
Manx | millish (balmy, dulcet, fruity, honeyed, luscious, sugary, sweet), meen (bland, dear, patient, pet, quiet, sweet). (various references) | |
Norwegian | elskling. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arlingday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | querido (beloved, cherished, dear, duck, ducky, honey, inamorato, lovely, pet, sweeting, wanted), amado (beloved, cherished, dear, inamorato, loved, loved one, lover). (various references) | |
Romanian | dragã (dear, drag, dredge, dredger, honey, love, my darling, my dear, sweetheart), drag (affection, beloved, cherished, dear, expensive, favorite, favourite, honey, love, lovely, pet, precious, sake, shine, valuable), drãguţ (attractive, beloved, charming, comely, cute, dainty, dinky, good looking, handsome, kind, lovable, lovely, nice, nice-looking, pretty, sweet, sweetheart), delicios (charming, dainty, delicate, delicious, luscious, palatable, Savory, savoury), scumpa mea (my sweet), rãsfãţat (effeminate, minion, pet), odor (dear, duck, fondling, gem, gold, jewel, love, Pearl, treasure), iubit (beloved, dear, favorite, favourite, follower, lief, loved, lover, own, paramour, precious, sweetheart, wooer), favorit (cosset, favorite, favourite, minion, pet), bobocel (ducky), bibic, adorabil (admirable, adorable, amiable, charming, choice, delicious, delightful, exquisite, wonderful, worshipful). (various references) | |
Russian | милый (cunning, cute, dear, good, honey, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, pleasant), миленький (dear, pretty), милая (honey, sweetie), заветный (cherished, sacramental), любимый (beloved, dear, fair haired, fancied, favorite, favourite, pet, precious, turtle-dove), дорогой дорогой, дорогой (big-ticket, costly, dear, deary, deluxe, expensive, lovely, precious, pricey, valuable). (various references) | |
Scottish | eudail (treasure, treasure; cattle; term of endearment), ciall (meaning, sense, understanding), ceist (controversy, question, regard), cagar (a whisper), àilleagan. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | duša (psyche, soul, spirit), drag (dear, disarming, nice, precious), miljenik (cosset, favorite, favourite, minion), ljubimac (favorite, favourite, mignonette, minion, pet). (various references) | |
Spanish | simpático (charming, congenial, decent, friendly, genial, likeable, lovely, nice, pleasant, sympathetic), querido (beloved, best, cherished, dear, deary, desire, inamorato, love, loved one, lover, my dear, precious, sweetheart, Sweeting, used to, well-beloved), persona simpática (nice person), persona querida, gustable, gorda (fat woman), encantado (bewitched, charmed, delighted, enraptures, haunted, incanted, rapturous, ravishes), cariño (affection, attachment, concern, dear, dearness, ducky, endearment, fondness, honey, kindliness, liking, love, sweetie, sweety), amado (beloved, dear, inamorato, love), amable (affable, agreeable, amiable, bland, charming, comradely, dainty, decent, friendly, gentile, gentle, good, good-natured, helpful, kind, levely, likeable, lovable, neighborly, neighbourly, nice, pleasant, pretty, sympathetic, thankful). (various references) | |
Swedish | älskling (beloved, duck, flame, fondling, honey, love, lovey, pet, poppet, sugar, sweet, sweetheart). (various references) | |
Turkish | sevgilim (dearling, honey, my precious, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety), sevgili (beau, beloved, concubine, dear, dearie, deary, dove, doxy, duck, duckie, ducky, fancy man, favorite, favourite, feller, fellow, flame, gallant, Gill, girl, inamorata, inamorato, Jill, ladylove, love, loved, lover, paramour, pet, precious, queen, steady, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety, Truelove, well-beloved), nonoş (fairy, fruit, gay, poof, pouf, pouffe, queen, queer), cicim (sweetheart, sweetie, sweety), canım (dear, dearling, honey, honeybun, honeybunch, my precious, sweetheart, sweetie, sweety), can (beloved, esprit, heart, life, lifeblood, precious, soul, spirit, vitality). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | улюбленець (cosset, favorite, favourite, fondling, minion, particular, pet), рідний (akin, full blood, full-blooded, home, native, own, whole), чудова людина (topper), чарівний (admirable, adorable, alluring, amiable, appealing, basilisk, captivating, charming, compelling, delicious, delightful, elfish, elvish, enchanted, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, fairy, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, goluptious, ingratiating, lovely, magic, magical, orphean, pretty), коханий (beloved, boy friend, inamorato, lovable, love, lover, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, turtledove), козаний, милий (agreeable, dear, decent, nice, pretty), любий (beloved, chary, dear, honey, lovable, own, precious, pretty), пестун (cosset, mollycoddle), палкий (ardent, eager, earnest, ebullient, fervent, fiery, high-spirited, hot-blooded, perfervid, rousing, warm, warm blooded, zealous), дорогий (chary, costly, dear, own, precious). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | yêu quý (pet), vật rất được yêu thích người yêu, thân yêu (dear, dearly), người thân yêu (dearie, deary), người rất được yêu mến, được yêu mến; đáng yêu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cicaro, deliciis, mel, melchae, melchia, melchiae, melchias, melle, mellis. (various references) |
| Middle Dutch | 1100-1500 | minnekijn. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | mignon. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "darling": darlingly, darlingness, darlingnesses, darlings. (additional references) | |
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"Darling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Daahling, dahleeng, Dahlin, dahling, dahlink, Dalin, daling, Dallin, dalrain, darlen, darlig, darlinged, darlingi, Darlink, D'arpino, Davlyn, Derlin, derling, deroling, Detling, didling, Durleigh, Larling, Sarling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "darling" (pronounced dÄ"rling) |
| 5 | -Ä" r l i ng | Carling, Marling, snarling, Sparling, starling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | annealing, appalling, appealing, ailing, ambling, angling, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: larding. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-i-l-n-r" | |
-1 letter: aldrin, daring, gradin, lading, ligand. | |
-2 letters: algid, algin, align, argil, dinar, drail, drain, garni, glair, gland, gnarl, grail, grain, grand, grind, laird, liang, liard, lidar, ligan, linga, nadir, nidal, ranid. | |
-3 letters: agin, airn, anil, arid, aril, dang, darn, dial, ding, dirl, drag, gadi, gain, gild, gird, girl, girn, glad, glia, gnar, grad, gran. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-g-i-l-n-r" | |
+1 letter: cradling, daringly, darkling, darlings, dartling, dragline, drawling, raddling. | |
+2 letters: adoringly, darlingly, declaring, derailing, drabbling, draggling, draglines, engrailed, girandole, heralding, laddering, realigned, redialing, reloading, springald, treadling. | |
+3 letters: admiringly, draggingly, drawlingly, garlanding, girandoles, grainfield, granadilla, grandchild, highlander, ladyfinger, laundering, lipreading, longhaired, malingered, overlading, placarding, pollarding, redialling, rehandling, repleading, resaddling, ringleader, sanderling, slandering, spraddling, springalds, straddling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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