cherished

Speech parts

1. cherished - Adjective

2. cherished - Verb

4. cherished - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Cherish

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wanted precious treasured darling erato popular close special dear deary maintained preferred protected desired historic
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Antonyms

threepenny used dizzy green broken abandoned
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Phrases with the word

cherished steel cherished child cherished son cherished fruit cherished possession

Examples

The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living. Cicero

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. John Kenneth Galbraith

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them. Robert E. Lee

Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Nanni cherished his old age. [...] He captured Simurrum, but [...] he never saw mighty kingship. Thus Nanni was carried off to the nether world. Sumerian Proverb

Nanni cherished his old age: "I am what an old man should be." Sumerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

cherishable cherishable memories cherishably cherished child cherished fruit cherished son