Endearment
noun
A word or expression used to show love or affection.
She often referred to her husband with terms of endearment like 'darling' or 'honey'.
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- term of endearment
- words of endearment
noun
The action of making oneself beloved or agreeable.
He won her over with his endearing manner and his small acts of endearment.
Often appears as...
- acts of endearment
- small endearments
noun
A word or expression used to show love or affection.
She often referred to her husband with terms of endearment like 'darling' or 'honey'.
Often appears as...
- term of endearment
- words of endearment
noun
The action of making oneself beloved or agreeable.
He won her over with his endearing manner and his small acts of endearment.
Often appears as...
- acts of endearment
- small endearments
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Pro Tip 1/3Affectionate Tone
Use 'endearment' for intimate or close relationships, showing warmth and love.
She whispered words of endearment to her sleeping child.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Variance
Endearment terms vary by culture; what's sweet in one language can sound odd in another.
In Spain, 'mi vida' is a common term of endearment between lovers.
Pro Tip 3/3Personalize Endearment
Personalized endearments have more impact than generic ones, showing thought and care.
Instead of 'honey', he called her 'my star', her personal term of endearment.
Compare with
admirationaffectionattachmentdevotionfondlovetenderwarmth
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 316 PIPE...
looking at the victim for a change with the scrub hair right here regarded by the sand as a very intelligent animal he is very wily and very sort of capable of determining and figuring out things and quite a term of endearment towards them
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Quote examples
Julien Baker
American Musician
There are people I haven't seen for a year and we will do a show or something and when we hang out it'll be this instant endearment. I'm like, 'Our lives, the cosmos, are intersecting, and this will bring us closer together again. I have no doubt.
Quote examples
John Carter Cash
American Musician
When I was young, my mother said to me, 'Momma loves her little son.' Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning within my life, inside my spirit. It reminds me that in sharing love, it grows that much greater in our hearts.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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Berkeley Breathed
American Cartoonist
I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.
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Jayma Mays
American Actress
My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I'm completely used to it, and I've come to see it as a term of endearment.
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Tyra Banks
American Model
My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Mike Birbiglia
American Comedian
One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.
Quote examples
Julien Baker
American Musician
There are people I haven't seen for a year and we will do a show or something and when we hang out it'll be this instant endearment. I'm like, 'Our lives, the cosmos, are intersecting, and this will bring us closer together again. I have no doubt.
Quote examples
John Carter Cash
American Musician
When I was young, my mother said to me, 'Momma loves her little son.' Now, this tender endearment holds a firm meaning within my life, inside my spirit. It reminds me that in sharing love, it grows that much greater in our hearts.
Quote examples
J. D. Vance
American Author
My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
Quote examples
Berkeley Breathed
American Cartoonist
I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.
Quote examples
Jayma Mays
American Actress
My husband calls me a ginger every single day of my life, so that I'm completely used to it, and I've come to see it as a term of endearment.
Quote examples
Tyra Banks
American Model
My aunt used to call me light bulb head because my head is small at the bottom and bigger at the top. But it was a term of endearment.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
Quote examples
Mike Birbiglia
American Comedian
One of my favorite comedies of all time is 'Terms of Endearment;' that's my pace.
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