as in praise
strong feelings of love or admiration
They looked at the baby with adoration. The doctor has earned the adoration of his patients.
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Recent Examples of adoration
New York Tendaberry, released in the fall of 1969, mostly consists of Nyro alone at the piano, delivering songs that eschewed and subverted most of the characteristics that had won her attention and adoration throughout the preceding decade.
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Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is well aware of Green’s adoration for the race.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Yet she’s viewed, like everything else in the movie, with an adoration that is nearly transcendental.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
There’s probably a smart, chilling film to be made about the terrors of smothering and relentless adoration — one imagines what Rod Serling would have done with something like this — but this isn’t really that film.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2026
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Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is well aware of Green’s adoration for the race.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Yet she’s viewed, like everything else in the movie, with an adoration that is nearly transcendental.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2026
There’s probably a smart, chilling film to be made about the terrors of smothering and relentless adoration — one imagines what Rod Serling would have done with something like this — but this isn’t really that film.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoration
Noun
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Quince's tees earn high praise for their soft texture and durability.—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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Still, Kind has nothing but praise for Reiser and Hunt.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The two play a mutual admiration society game of sorts when talking about each other.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Thomas expressed great admiration for the roster.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
12 June 2026
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Chicagoans have a deep reverence for the thick, unique pizza style, and Cornell and Stevenson said visitors from the Windy City have claimed Zelda’s is the most authentic version of the pie in California.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2026
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Op-eds have painted the president’s reverence for traditional design as mere nostalgia that will lead, inevitably, to pastiche and derivative mimicry while stifling innovation.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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That nod to Towns is with all due respect to Jalen Brunson, who has lived up to the Captain Clutch nickname in two straight games.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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Americans, the historian Louis Hartz argued, embraced a common liberal tradition, built around a respect for democracy, property, and individual liberty.—
Yoni Appelbaum,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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“Adoration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoration. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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