English-Thai Dictionary

endearment

N การ ทำให้ เป็น ที่รัก  การแสดง ความรัก  affection fondness love kan-tam-hai-pen-ti-rak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENDEARMENT

n.The cause of love; that which excites or increases affection, particularly that which excites tenderness of affection. Her first endearments twining round the soul.
1. The state of being beloved; tender affection.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENDEARMENT

ENDEARMENT En *dear "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of endearing or the state of being endeared; also, that which manifests, excites, or increases, affection. "The great endearments of prudent and temperate speech. " Jer. Taylor. Her first endearments twining round the soul. Thomson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

endearment

en dear ment |enˈdi (ə )rmənt ɪnˈdɪ (ə )rmənt | ▶noun a word or phrase expressing love or affection. • love or affection: a term of endearment.

 

Oxford Dictionary

endearment

en ¦dear |ment |ɪnˈdɪəm (ə )nt, ɛn- | ▶noun a word or phrase expressing love or affection. • [ mass noun ] love or affection: a term of endearment.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

endearment

endearment noun 1 his murmured endearments: term of affection, term of endearment, pet name; (endearments ) sweet nothings, sweet talk. 2 he spoke to her without endearment: affection, fondness, tenderness, feeling, sentiment, warmth, love, liking, care.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

endearment

endearment noun 1 (usually endearments ) between kisses she murmured endearments: sweet nothings, sweet words, sweet talk, affectionate talk, soft words; term of affection, term of endearment, pet name, affectionate name; rare hypocoristic, hypocorism. 2 he spoke to her formally and without endearment: affection, fondness, tenderness, feeling, sentiment, warmth, love, liking, care, regard, attachment.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

endearment

en d é ar ment 名詞 1 U 愛情を示すこと .2 C 愛情を示す言葉 [行動 ]▸ terms of endearment 親愛語 (!darling, my dear, sweetheartなどの愛情を示す呼びかけの言葉 ) .