FluentPlex

darling

/ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/ verb C2
  1. To call (someone) "darling" (noun sense 1). (informal, transitive)

He/she/it darlings · Past darlinged · Past participle darlinged · -ing form darlinging

+ Save to review

Verb forms

Base form
darling
He/she/it
darlings
Past
darlinged
Past participle
darlinged
-ing form
darlinging

From the library

My own darling Diana:--
Anne of Green Gables, p. 129 · C1
She said Malcolm told Susan that his dad had given him the farm in his own name and then said, ‘What do you say, darling pet, if we get hitched this fall?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 205 · C1
“You old darling, it’s perfectly splendid to see you back again.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 270 · C1
The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified: he bought an estate in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire; and Jane and Elizabeth, in addition to every other source of happiness, were within thirty miles of each other.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 367 · B2

Other matches

Learn darling in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.