1
as in loves
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife
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2
as in worships
to love or admire too much
adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults
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3
as in venerates
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
the Roman soldier was beheaded for adoring the Christian god
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4
as in enjoys
to take pleasure in
I adore those earrings—wherever did you get them?
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Recent Examples of adores
Best Ticking Stripe Harrison has, adores, and lives in the Petite Plume French ticking sheets.
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Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
North Side resident and dog owner, Eric White, absolutely adores his dog, Shoe-Shoe.
—Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The family's other dog, however, adores her.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And a lovely, earnest guy who clearly adores his mother.
—Claire Danes, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Alanis is a beautiful, sweet, and loving little girl who adores music — especially Cocomelon!
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
That means running his rookie quarterback – whom Daboll adores!
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Needless to say, Jonathan adores Matt Bomer.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Clara adores them, and rightly so.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
North Side resident and dog owner, Eric White, absolutely adores his dog, Shoe-Shoe.
—Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
The family's other dog, however, adores her.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
And a lovely, earnest guy who clearly adores his mother.
—Claire Danes, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Alanis is a beautiful, sweet, and loving little girl who adores music — especially Cocomelon!
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
That means running his rookie quarterback – whom Daboll adores!
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Needless to say, Jonathan adores Matt Bomer.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Clara adores them, and rightly so.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adores
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My daughter, Odette, and my wife Genevieve Padalecki will watch it, and Odette loves it, except for when Dean and Rory kiss.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Die My Love, a struggling new mom loves her child—but can’t stand anyone else.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gilpin’s elder daughter enjoys watching her mom act, especially during playtime.—
Audrey Schmidt,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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When asked why Stephen King enjoys such singular longevity in pop culture, both siblings pointed to some of the real-life horrors in the world around us as evidence that King has always been ahead of his time.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Jets under Engstrand focus on a physical, aggressive style that likes quarterbacks to use a blend of RPOs, zone reads and play-action passes.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fun and flattering style works for all ages, and Manzone likes twisting hair back into a claw clip to keep things super youthful.—
Catharine Malzahn,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Democrat who venerates more government but sidesteps California’s failing public schools and crushing cost of living.—
John H Bolthouse,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the final episode, Swift savors the final three shows in Vancouver and counts down to closing the book on yet another era of her life with her family and crew.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Dec. 2025
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Shanks doesn’t hide where his script is going, but instead savors its humor and black heart.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
19 Dec. 2025
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With her crude French and slightly out-of-place mannerisms, Patricia is the young, beautiful American expatriate drawn to this wannabe gangster who idolizes Humphrey Bogart and yet seems so quintessentially French.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
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The action then jumps seventeen years into the future, where Morgan and Chris’s daughter, Clara (Mckenna Grace), is now a teen-ager who resents her mom’s protectiveness and idolizes her freewheeling aunt.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Natural is, to the core, a movie that reveres the utter Americana of historical baseball, with its lo-fi Dust Bowl aesthetics that heavily reference Arthurian legend.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Anne reveres the film and spoke to Jesse Plemons.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Mora doesn’t have anything to prove, but still relishes in proving people wrong.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
26 Nov. 2025
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But even with a difficult obstacle ahead, the light is still on for Walpole, and quarterback Blake Pileski relishes the challenge in front of him.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Adores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adores. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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