adorable

adjective

ador·able | \ ə-ˈdȯr-ə-bəl

Definition of adorable

1 : extremely charming or appealing an adorable child an adorable cottage

2 : worthy of adoration or veneration

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Other Words from adorable

adorability \ -ˌdȯr-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

adorableness \ -ˈdȯr-ə-bəl-nəs

\ noun

adorably \ -blē

\ adverb

Examples of adorable in a Sentence

They live in an adorable little cottage. what an adorable old lady, so kind and sweet

Recent Examples on the Web

The first-time mom and her husband, restauranteur Marc Daly, named their daughter Brooklyn Doris Daly and promptly launched her adorable Instagram account. — Jasmine Grant, Essence, "These Celebrity Babies Aren't Even A Year Old And They've Already Stolen Our Hearts," 6 June 2019 All of the bites are included in the price; among the standouts are grilled shrimp lollipops with bacon jam, mini beef empanadas with cilantro lime sour cream and the adorable little chicken and waffles, with maple chili brown butter. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "The perfect 2-hour getaway: Cocktails at sunset on a yacht, on the bay," 6 June 2019 Meanwhile, Rachel receives a very special birthday present: Ashley Too, an adorable little talkbot programmed with the pop star’s brainscans. — Darren Franich, EW.com, "Black Mirror season 5 stops worrying and learns to love technology: EW review," 5 June 2019 Meanwhile, an adorable Shih Tzu named Daisy (a sassy Tiffany Haddish) has made the mistake of thinking Snowball is a real super hero and asks for his help rescuing an abused tiger cub at a grungy downtown circus. — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, "‘The Secret Life of Pets 2’: The pack is back and funnier than ever (review)," 5 June 2019 Bright-orange electroluminescent paint strips on the sides of the ESF concept are its ultimate post-crash communication fallback, should either the adorable robot triangle or the rooftop triangle be out of commission and car-to-X links severed. — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, "If You Crash a Mercedes-Benz in the Future, It Could Deploy a Robot to Warn Other Drivers," 21 May 2019 Could these two get any more adorable — or more fashionable? — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, "Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra Attend 2019 Cannes Film Festival," 18 May 2019 Apart from the name Archie being adorable, the royal moniker is undoubtedly traditional. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "The Real Reason Behind the Royal Baby's Name and Why Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Picked It," 8 May 2019 And, as if the race wasn't adorable enough, there will be a costume contest at 2:30 as well. — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "10 reasons to take your kids to these 10 Milwaukee summer festivals," 6 June 2018

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