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dearie

/ˈdɪɹi//ˈdɪəɹi/

dearie noun: a person who is dear; sweetie.

Noun

dearie (plural dearies)

  1. (colloquial, term-of-address) A person who is dear; sweetie.
    • What a scare you gave me, dearie.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • At the mention of money Mrs Dibble was overcome with great debility, and wheezed, "I don't feel up to talking about money, matters just now, dearie. I think I better have a bit of a doze."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43

dearie meaning in Bengali

dearie in Bengali

সুইটি

Forms of dearie

pluraldearies
alternative formdeary

Origin of dearie

From dear + -ie.

Phrases with dearie

Words that rhyme with dearie

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about dearie

What does dearie mean?
Dearie means a person who is dear; sweetie.
What is dearie in Bengali?
Dearie in Bengali is সুইটি. See Dearie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dearie?
Dearie is a noun.
How do you pronounce dearie?
Dearie is pronounced /ˈdɪəɹi/ (UK).
What is the plural of dearie?
The plural of dearie is dearies.

Words near dearie in the dictionary

  1. dearests
  2. dearginated
  3. Dearham
  4. dearheart
  5. dearhearts
  6. dearie
  7. dearie me
  8. dearies
  9. dearing
  10. Dearinger
  11. Dearingers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dearie (page history and authors); dearie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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