adoring
adjective
ador·ing
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Definition of adoring
: feeling or showing great affection and devotion
his adoring fans her adoring husband her adoring eyes He was twenty then, an only son, spoiled by his adoring family.— Joseph Conrad
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Synonyms & Antonyms for adoring
Synonyms
affectionate, devoted, fond, loving, tender, tenderhearted
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Examples of adoring in a Sentence
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For many women of a certain age, Adam Brody's breakthrough roles were the ideal of an adoring boyfriend. — Samantha Leach, Glamour, "Adam Brody on Dating Fails, Romance, and Why He and Leighton Meester Are 'Big Hand Holders'," 23 Aug. 2019 Bernadette has an adoring husband, Elgin (Billy Crudup) who’s distracted by his job as a high-tech guru at Microsoft, as well as a teenage daughter, Bee (newcomer Emma Nelson), who loves her mother because Bee has put in the work to understand her. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Cate Blanchett makes a break for it in ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’," 15 Aug. 2019 Granted, Godzilla is technically a kaiju hero, but trailers for Godzilla: King of the Monsters were full of adoring monster shots while human characters yelled at each other. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "The 17 biggest summer box office winners and losers of 2019," 14 Aug. 2019 The Chicano singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist has a knack for captivating live sets, thanks to his underdog heartthrob stage presence, his lo-fi, genre-melding bilingual jams and the energy of his adoring audiences. — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, "Best live music in L.A.: Robyn, Cuco, XXL Freshman and more," 24 July 2019 Watching him perform in front of a thirsty, adoring crowd at Gila River Arena last night was like watching Orpheus singing for the Maenads. — Ashley Naftule, azcentral, "Shawn Mendes makes all the girls (and women) scream At Gila River Arena," 10 July 2019 But there’s a lesson here for those same adoring fans. — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, "Opinion: Does Tyreek Hill mean what he says? Disconcerting reception shows fans care about one thing," 23 July 2019 Therefore, a footballer's image has always been something that attracts the attention of many an adoring fan. — SI.com, "50 Most Unforgettable Haircuts in World Football," 10 July 2019 The moment - defending his World Boxing Council middleweight title in front of a sellout crowd of an adoring 6,408 fans in the first fight in his hometown in seven years - had finally gotten to Charlo. — Matt Young, Houston Chronicle, "After emotional hometown win, Jermall Charlo eyes even bigger fights," 30 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adoring.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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