ADORING
adoring, doting, fond
(adjective) extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; “adoring grandparents”; “deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain”; “hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother”
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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