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- a word or phrase that you use to show that you love someone: term of endearment terms of endearment such as "darling" or "sweetheart"
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Find 6 different ways to say ENDEARMENT, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
term of endearment. phrase. Add to word list. Add to word list. a kind or friendly name to call someone: It was certainly meant as a term of endearment. I try to use the patient's name rather than a general term of endearment.
Next time you cringe when a family member calls you by your childhood nickname in public, remember, Snoopy, it's just a term of endearment — meant to show affection, not make you miserably embarrassed.
Synonyms for ENDEARMENT: flattery, butter, adulation, fawning, entreaty, sweet talk, beguilement, blandishment; Antonyms of ENDEARMENT: disparagement, depreciation, belittlement, detraction, put-down, bad-mouthing.
a kind or friendly name to call someone: It was certainly meant as a term of endearment. I try to use the patient's name rather than a general term of endearment. My mother always used "bear" as a term of endearment for me because I was a pretty big baby. Both words are now used as terms of endearment.
Synonyms for ENDEARMENT in English: loving word, sweet talk, sweet nothing, term of affection, affectionate utterance, affection, feeling, love, warmth, attachment, ….
endearment. (ɪndɪəʳmənt ) Word forms: plural endearments. variable noun. An endearment is a loving or affectionate word or phrase that you say to someone you love. No term of endearment crossed their lips. ...flattering endearments. More Synonyms of endearment. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
