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endearment

/ɪnˈdɪəɹ.mənt/

endearment noun: the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.

Noun

endearment (plural endearments)

  1. The act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
    • Every step of that walk led Jeff deeper into an excursion of endearment. It was amazingly true that he trod beside her an acknowledged friend, a secret lover.1913, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 20, in The Vision Splendid
  2. The state or characteristic of being endeared.
    • He could not forget the fond and earnest look that had passed between her and some other man—the attitude of familiar confidence, if not of positive endearment.1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 38, in North and South
    Synonyms:
    belovedness
  3. An expression of affection.
    • When they were alone he called him "my boy," an endearment he never gave another.1902, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, chapter 18, in The Conqueror

endearment meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

endearment in Urdu

لاڈ

endearment in Malayalam

pet name, term of affection, term of endearment
ഓമനത്തം കാണിക്കാനുപയോഗിക്കുന്ന സംബോധന, ചെല്ലപ്പേര്, ഓമനപ്പേര്, വാത്സല്യപ്പേര്, സ്നേഹപൂർവ്വം വിളിക്കുന്ന പേര്, ചെറുപ്പേര്
fondness, affection, tenderness
സ്നേഹം, സ്നേഹപ്രകടനം, പ്രേമപ്രകടനം, സ്നേഹവായ്പ്, ശൃംഗാരചേഷ്ട, പ്രീതി

endearment in Punjabi

endearment, caress, fondling
ਹੇਜ hej

Examples of endearment in a sentence

  • To her, Cass was a name of endearment, and she wanted to keep it that way.
  • "Kun" is a term of endearment often used in Japan for small boys.
  • "You know, 'Uncle' is just a term of endearment.

All 10 example sentences with endearment

Synonyms of endearment

Forms of endearment

pluralendearments
alternative formindearment

Plural of endearment: endearments

Origin of endearment

From endear + -ment.

Phrases with endearment

Questions about endearment

What does endearment mean?
Endearment means the act or process of endearing, of causing (something or someone) to be loved or to be the object of affection.
What is endearment in Urdu?
Endearment in Urdu is لاڈ. See Endearment meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is endearment?
Endearment is a noun.
How do you pronounce endearment?
Endearment is pronounced /ɪnˈdɪəɹ.mənt/.
What is the plural of endearment?
The plural of endearment is endearments.

Words near endearment in the dictionary

  1. endearers
  2. endearing
  3. endearingly
  4. endearingness
  5. endearings
  6. endearment
  7. endearments
  8. endears
  9. endeavor
  10. endeavor'd
  11. endeavored

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Adapted from Wiktionary: endearment (page history and authors); endearment (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); endearment (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ਹੇਜ (Punjabi) (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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