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Cherish vs Uncherished - What's the difference?

cherish | uncherished |

As a verb cherish

is to treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

As an adjective uncherished is

not cherished.

cherish

English

Verb

  • To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
  • *, chapter=12
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished .}}
  • To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
  • (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vi:
  • Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish , and her guest to cheare [...].

    uncherished

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not cherished.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1855, author=David Lester Richardson, title=Flowers and Flower-Gardens, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The reason why the primrose was said to "die unmarried," is, according to Warton, because it grows in the shade uncherished or unseen by the sun, who was supposed to be in love with certain sorts of flowers. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1908, author=George Barr McCutcheon, title=The Man From Brodney's, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=We must go through life unloved and uncherished , bringing princes into the world, seeing happiness and love just beyond our reach all the time. }}