Darling and Special

Darling

Darling adjective - Granted special treatment or attention.
Usage example: they poured gifts and affection on their darling child

Special and darling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Darling".

Special

Special adjective - Granted special treatment or attention.
Usage example: one student who was treated as special by the teacher

Darling and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Darling" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Strip / Peanuts The shorthand that appeared in the first panel read "To my dearest darling precious sweetie." Easter Special: It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown.
  • Ho Yay / Music Kaya, at Tokyo Metropolis: There is a special connection between Versailles-san and me...as you know, I have a darling, Kamijo-san!
  • Creepy Long Fingers Actor Doug Jones has built a career on combining his extreme flexibility, long limbs and fingers, and mastery of both Body Language and intense character acting to become a Man of a Thousand Faces, and a darling of special effects artists.
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