darling

dar|ling1 [ `darlıŋ ] noun count **

1. ) SPOKEN used for talking to someone you love:

Are you sleepy, darling?

2. ) someone who is very kind:

She's such a darling, isn't she?

3. ) usually singular someone who is liked or admired very much by a particular group of people:

a stock market/media darling

darling of: He quickly became the darling of the extreme left.

darling

dar|ling 2 [ `darlıŋ ] adjective *

1. ) only before noun loved very much by someone:

Darling Peter, you know how much you mean to me.

2. ) usually before noun very attractive. People who use this word do not usually sound sincere:

What a darling little dress! I simply must have it!