Word Meanings - PET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up." Tennyson. (more info) 1. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand. 2. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The

Additional info about word: PET

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up." Tennyson. (more info) 1. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand. 2. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child. The love of cronies, pets, and favorites. Tatler.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PET)

• Darling
• Pet
• love
• sweet
• pretty
• dear
• favorite
• delight
• Fondle
• Dandle
• pet
• caress
• Million
• Favorite
• darling

Related words: (words related to PET)

• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• SWEETROOT
  Licorice.
• FAVORITE
  Short curls dangling over the temples; -- fashionable in the reign of Charles II. Farquhar. (more info) p.p. of OF. favorir, cf. It. favorito, frm. favorita, fr. favorire to 1. A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with
• SWEETENING
  1. The act of making sweet. 2. That which sweetens.
• SWEETEN
  Etym: 1. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea. 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. 3. To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper. 4. To make less painful
• DARLINGTONIA
  A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
• DELIGHTOUS
  Delightful. Rom. of R.
• SWEETNESS
  The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.
• PRETTYISM
  Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. Ed. Rev.
• SWEETWORT
  Any plant of a sweet taste.
• MILLIONNAIRE
  Millionaire.
• PRETTY-SPOKEN
  Spoken or speaking prettily.
• MILLIONARY
  Of or pertaining to millions; consisting of millions; as, the millionary chronology of the pundits. Pinker
• DARLING
  One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.
• MILLIONAIRE
  One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more.
• BITTERSWEET
  Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence , pleasant but painful.
• HONEY-SWEET
  Sweet as honey. Chaucer.
• OVERDELIGHTED
  Delighted beyond measure.