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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing adoration;
[syn: adoring, worshipful]

2. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent;
- Example: "adoring grandparents"
- Example: "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"
- Example: "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
[syn: adoring, doting, fond]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

adoring \adoring\ adj. 1. 1 feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. Opposite of irreverent. Syn: worshipful, reverent [WordNet 1.5] 2. 1 feeling or showing a deep love and devotion to. her adoring parents Syn: doting, fond, lovesome [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

adore \a*dore"\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. adored ([.a]*d[=o]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. adoring ([.a]*d[=o]r"[i^]ng).] [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 a deity or as divine. [1913 Webster] Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which he [James II.] publicly adored. --Smollett. [1913 Webster] 2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. [1913 Webster] The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adoring adj 1: showing adoration [syn: adoring, worshipful] 2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" [syn: adoring, doting, fond]