ENDEARMENT Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

endearment

noun

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as in flattery

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Recent Examples of endearment Growing up in Puerto Rico, Isabel Molina-Guzman, a professor in Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said the term wasn’t always necessarily directly about skin color for her family, but was frequently used as a term of endearment with people of all shades. —

Maya Brown, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2024 The same was said about endearments as a mere expression of innocent masculine appreciation, not to be taken seriously. —

Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024 Therefore, should the use of endearments in impersonal situations be considered innocent? —

Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024 Named Joon, after a Farsi term of endearment, the line emerged from the countless custom requests Karimi had fielded from male clients over the years. —

Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for endearment

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Noun

And if one of the two people who could be president is both vindictive and susceptible to flattery — and in charge of appointing people who decide how to spend billions in federal contracts — why not butter him up a little bit?

Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 31 Oct. 2024
White columnists wrote him open letters, processing their own feelings about race, alternating between flattery and belligerence.

Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024