noun
- a person who is loved very much
- a person who is very popular or favored
Usage: term of endearment
adjective
- very dear; beloved
- very pleasing or attractive
Usage: informal
Examples
- Come here, darling, and give me a hug.
- She’s the darling of the fashion world.
- My darling daughter just graduated from college.
- What a darling little cottage by the lake!
- He was always his grandmother’s darling.
- That’s a darling dress you’re wearing.
- The media darling won another award last night.