ADORING

adoring, doting, fond

(adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; ā€œadoring grandparentsā€; ā€œdeceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captainā€; ā€œhopelessly spoiled by a fond motherā€

adoring, worshipful

(adjective) showing adoration

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

adoring

present participle of adore

Adjective

adoring (comparative more adoring, superlative most adoring)

Showing adoration or admiration.

Noun

adoring (plural adorings)

adoration

Anagrams

• Gordian, gordian, gradino, idorgan, roading

Source: Wiktionary


ADORE

A*dore", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adored; p. pr. & vb. n. Adoring.] Etym: [OE. aouren, anouren, adoren, OF. aorer, adorer, F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to speak, pray, os, oris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the French prefix a- being confused with OE. a, an, on. See Oral.]

1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine. Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James adored. Smollett.

2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

A*dore", v. t.

Definition: To adorn. [Obs.] Congealed little drops which do the morn adore. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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