dearest
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪəɹɪst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪɹɪst/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɪəɹɪst, (General American) -ɪɹɪst
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: dear‧est
Adjective
dearest
- superlative form of dear: most dear
- 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
- So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
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Noun
dearest (plural dearests)
- A beloved person; a term of endearment.
Synonyms
- beloved
- honey
- darling
- sweetheart
Translations
a beloved person; a term of endearment — See also translations at darling
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Anagrams
- Tasered, atredes, derates, e-trades, estrade, readest, readset, reasted, red teas, redates, sad tree, sed rate, sedater, steared, tasered