1. dearest - Noun
2. dearest - Adjective
a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
Source: WordNetA callow man spurns the tender love of an exceptional young woman, destroys his dearest male friend and is condemned to endure a solitary existence mired in regrets. Source: Internet
“Ah, there’s always a football flying around the house,” Aishling grins, pleased to be surrounded by her nearest and dearest. Source: Internet
Adams 2002 p. 149; Gristwood 2007 p. 340 Countess Lettice was also buried there when she died in 1634, alongside the "best and dearest of husbands", as the epitaph, which she commissioned, says. Source: Internet
Bradley Dale Lee, 30, beloved, adored son of Roger Dale Lee and Bennecia Lynn Lee and dearest brother of Nicholas Lee passed away Friday, May 8, 2020. Source: Internet
"As with all missing people – if somebody hasn't been in touch with the people who are nearest and dearest to them, that's peculiar, that's strange, and that certainly concerns us." Source: Internet
Kell, who holds a centuries-old grudge against the elder Connor MacLeod, has slain Connor's dearest loved ones, and he does not follow the traditions of single combat. Source: Internet