endearment

en·dear·ment (

n-dîr

nt)

1. The act of endearing.

2. An expression of affection, such as a caress.

endearment [ɪnˈdɪəmənt]

1. something that endears, such as an affectionate utterance

2. the act or process of endearing or the condition of being endeared

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Noun

endearment - the act of showing affection

benignity, kindness - a kind act

endearment

noun

1. loving word, sweet talk, sweet nothing, term of affection, affectionate utterance She was always using endearments like `darling' and 'sweetheart'.

2. affection, feeling, love, warmth, attachment, tenderness, fondness His favourite term of endearment was `baby'.

Translations

endearment [ɪnˈdɪəmənt] N → cariño m
term of endearment → palabra f de cariño

endearment [ɪnˈdɪə^rmənt] n
to whisper endearments → murmurer des mots tendres, murmurer des choses tendres
term of endearment → terme m d'affection

endearment

n term of endearment → Kosename m, → Kosewort nt; words of endearment → liebe Worte pl

endearment [ɪnˈdɪəmənt] n to whisper endearments → sussurrare tenerezze
term of endearment → vezzeggiativo, appellativo affettuoso

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alannah attraction babe benignity Billed chickabiddy critter doy ducky Endearedly hinny honey honeybunch hypocorism Hypocoristic kindness love Miting Nicholson	This last endearment was tender as in youth, as in times when hearts were warm - life happy. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context She had been wont to call me her Virginian as a term of endearment, for she knew that I loved the sound of that beautiful name, made a thousand times more beautiful and hallowed by her dear lips, and as I heard it again after all those long years my eyes became dimmed with tears and my voice choked with emotion. Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context She could not admit even to herself that she loved him, and yet she had permitted him to apply to her that term of endearment and possession to which a Barsoomian maid should turn deaf ears when voiced by other lips than those of her husband or fiance--"my princess. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context	Endamageable Endamagement endameba Endamnify endamoeba Endamoeba histolytica Endamoebidae endanger endangered endangered species endangerment endarch endarchy Endark endarterectomy endarteritis endash Endaspidean Endazzle endbrain endear Endearedly Endearedness endearing endearingly endearment endeavor Endeavorer Endeavorment endeavour Endecagon Endecagynous Endecane Endecaphyllous Endecott ended Endeictic Endeixis Endemial endemic endemic disease endemic typhus endemical Endemically Endemiology endemism Endenization Endenize Endenizen Ender Enderby Land	endarteritis deformans endarteritis obliterans endarteritis obliterans endarteritis obliterans endash Endaspidean ENDAUM endaural Endazzle endbeam endbeam endbeam endboard endbrain endbrain endbrain ENDC ENDCE Ende Ende Der Vernunft :-) Ende einer Welt, Das endear endear endear to endeared Endearedly Endearedness endearing Endearing Records endearingly endearment endearments endearments endears endeavor endeavor endeavor endeavor endeavor Endeavor Information System, Inc endeavor to accomplish endeavor to do endeavor to effect endeavor to gain endeavor to overtake Endeavor to Persevere endeavored endeavored endeavored endeavorer endeavorer endeavoring endeavoring endeavoring Endeavorment endeavors endeavors endeavors endeavour endeavour endeavour

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alannah
attraction
babe
benignity
Billed
chickabiddy
critter
doy
ducky
Endearedly
hinny
honey
honeybunch
hypocorism
Hypocoristic
kindness
love
Miting
Nicholson

This last endearment was tender as in youth, as in times when hearts were warm - life happy.

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

She had been wont to call me her Virginian as a term of endearment, for she knew that I loved the sound of that beautiful name, made a thousand times more beautiful and hallowed by her dear lips, and as I heard it again after all those long years my eyes became dimmed with tears and my voice choked with emotion.

Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

She could not admit even to herself that she loved him, and yet she had permitted him to apply to her that term of endearment and possession to which a Barsoomian maid should turn deaf ears when voiced by other lips than those of her husband or fiance--"my princess.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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