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adore

verb
\ ə-ˈdȯr How to pronounce adore (audio) \
adored; adoring

Definition of adore

transitive verb

1 : to worship or honor as a deity or as divine
2 : to regard with loving admiration and devotion He adored his wife.
3 : to be very fond of adores pecan pie

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Other Words from adore

adorer noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for adore

Synonyms

cherish, love, worship

Antonyms

abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe

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revere, reverence, venerate, worship, adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully. revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. a professor revered by her students reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring. reverenced the academy's code of honor venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age. heroes still venerated worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony. worships their memory adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment. we adored our doctor

Examples of adore in a Sentence

He's a good doctor. All his patients adore him. They adored shopping in all the boutiques.

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The show was run by male eccentrics with money, shot in Vegas, and adored by young boys across the country. Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, "In Season 3, “GLOW” Raises the Stakes," 30 Aug. 2019 The party of family values adores a man who mocked women’s looks and lied about secret payments to a Playboy bunny, and the days of GOP hatred of commies is officially over, because Russia helped elect Trump. Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Michelle Obama for president. The only one who can beat Trump?," 24 Aug. 2019 The two of them even adore living in their beyond enormous, falling-down, one-of-a-kind house, the former Straight Gate School for Girls, a fixer-upper that never got fixed and never will. San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ works with a splendid Cate Blanchett at its center," 15 Aug. 2019 An active social media presence coupled with an acceptance of his part-time role to create a player adored by both fans and teammates. Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros will miss Tony Kemp on and off the field," 26 July 2019 Callum Hudson-Odoi is Chelsea's crown prince, adored by the fans and seen as the heir to Eden Hazard's throne. SI.com, "FIFA 20 Ultimate Team: Every Chelsea Player's FIFA 20 Rating Predicted," 20 June 2019 Jean will be remembered as a kind, caring, and fun loving person, adored by all; a wonderful daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. courant.com, "Jean Gundersen," 16 June 2019 Eager to adore, more easily caught up in their proximity to fame than in the story before them, fans laugh too easily, too loudly, too often. New York Times, "‘Sea Wall/A Life’ Review: Quiet Tragicomedies of Love and Loss," 8 Aug. 2019 If Johnson were to persuade the Europeans to change their minds, perhaps deploying the charisma his supporters adore, his next problem would be the British Parliament, which has so far blocked every course of action available. Alexander Smith, NBC News, "Boris Johnson has got the Brexit band back together — will they succeed?," 27 July 2019

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First Known Use of adore

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for adore

Middle English aouren, adouren, borrowed from Anglo-French aurer, ahourer, adourer (with d restored from Latin), going back to Latin adōrāre "to plead with, appeal to, approach (a god) as a suppliant or worshipper, treat with reverence, admire," from ad- ad- + ōrāre "to pray to, beseech" — more at oration

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adore

verb

English Language Learners Definition of adore

: to love or admire (someone) very much
: to like or desire (something) very much : to take great pleasure in (something)

adore

verb
\ ə-ˈdȯr How to pronounce adore (audio) \
adored; adoring

Kids Definition of adore

2 : to be very fond of

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