as in sweet
having qualities that tend to make one loved
what an adorable old lady, so kind and sweet an adorable little cottage
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Recent Examples of adorable
An airline passenger shared their delight after taking their spot on a flight and finding an adorable dog staring at them from the seats in front.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
That was the situation for this adorable cat in Indiana.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
This one is adorable, lightweight, and pretty easy to assemble overall.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
This scene is at once adorable and a remarkable feat of science.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
That was the situation for this adorable cat in Indiana.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025
This one is adorable, lightweight, and pretty easy to assemble overall.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Oct. 2025
This scene is at once adorable and a remarkable feat of science.
—Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adorable
Adjective
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Some bakeries also offer Americanized options, such as chocolate chip conchas or muffin-style sweet breads.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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In some Asian cultures, mung beans are cooked and mashed to form a sweet dessert paste.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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No one likes an unexpected house guest, whether that’s your dear Aunt Sally or unwanted outdoor pests.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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The dress that put him on the fashion map was the white silk evening gown with a diagonal cutaway across the torso and a slit up to the hip bone, from Vaccarello’s eponymous label, that his dear friend the model Anja Rubik wore to the Met Gala in 2012.—
Rob Haskell,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The result is a pie with a beautiful, super creamy texture that’s not too sweet, and allows for the flavor of the sweet potatoes to shine through.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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Kirbi, that rasp is so beautiful at the top of your register.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The precious metal is now buckling a bit.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Viewer Reactions The TikTok video reached over 110,000 views, nearly 8,000 likes and 2277 comments, with people congratulating the owner on their new home and melting over the dog's precious reaction.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Lanthimos’s gaze, so exactingly attuned to human ugliness, has seldom given us lovelier things to look at.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Those milpas were really lovely, a fit setting for hunting the smartest, gamest bird in the Southwest.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Like the woman who shared her August menu, other detainees in Richwood have shared similar complaints about deteriorating food quality with their lawyers and loved ones.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Your loved one has so much to teach you.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nobody Wants This is a tougher case because its leads, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, are just so charming and many of its observations about love and family are just so spot-on that weaker elements can get lost in the froth.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its charming space and drop-dead-gorgeous desserts have helped land the restaurant on the list more than 10 times.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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That was especially the case with Cam Schlittler, the darling rookie of the Wild Card round who shut down the Boston Red Sox to help his squad move on in the postseason.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The original battle site is preserved today by the National Park Service as a darling little plot penned in on all sides by urban Boston.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Adorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adorable. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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