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as in loving
feeling or showing love
adoring grandparents who love to spoil their grandchildren
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as in affectionate
reflecting great admiration or devotion
the adoring attention of the girls' gymnastics team when our local Olympic hero spoke to them
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as in worshipping
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife
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as in liking
to love or admire too much
adores her older sister so much that she cannot see her considerable faults
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as in venerating
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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as in enjoying
to take pleasure in
I adore those earrings—wherever did you get them?
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Recent Examples of adoring
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
Chicharito also benefitted from his market placement in LA, in his case mainly due to the proximity to an adoring Mexican fanbase throughout Southern California.
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Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
The Haitian national team pulled up to their hotel in Quincy, Massachusetts ahead of their first World Cup match to dozens of adoring fans ready to welcome them to New England.
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Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The Patriots’ pass coverage without Christian Gonzalez, their atrocious inside linebacker play and roller-coaster special teams, which give any adoring fan a heart attack at a moment’s notice.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Sep. 2025
Chicharito also benefitted from his market placement in LA, in his case mainly due to the proximity to an adoring Mexican fanbase throughout Southern California.
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Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Constanze, adoring the brilliance behind the buffoon, ensured a stable, kind home life.
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Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
The Haitian national team pulled up to their hotel in Quincy, Massachusetts ahead of their first World Cup match to dozens of adoring fans ready to welcome them to New England.
—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoring
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David and Victoria Beckham penned Father's Day posts that doubled as an olive branch message to estranged son Brooklyn, who was included in the loving photographs despite the family rift.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a loving and heartfelt tribute to her husband at the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony in Chicago Thursday.
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The couple were affectionate while walking the red carpet together as well as while inside the venue.
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Along the way, the animal attracts plenty of delighted squeals, affectionate greetings and eager requests from passersby for a photo together.
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Mother African Union Church was founded decades before Juneteenth, born out of racist policies and structures that excluded people of African descent from worshipping freely.
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In the entry, a ditsy print (Schumacher’s Margie Floral in Porcelain) climbs up the walls and carries the blue-and-white combo upstairs, where the primary suite embraces those same sky-worshipping shades—a tip of the hat to the scenery outside.
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Jellicle Ball joins that lineage, inviting its audience to experience the joys of the Black and Latino ball scene while venerating its bittersweet roots.
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Exquisite dribblers such as Olise need protecting and venerating.
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Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images As Micron customers try and adjust to a new reality of constantly rising memory prices, investors in the company are enjoying historic profit margins.
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After a morning of spotty showers, the Twin Cities is enjoying sunshine, a nice breeze and highs in the mid-70s Wednesday.
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After a while, though, all the professions of sincerity and thanks, the constant invocations of the one true POTUS, and the worshipful exhibits upstairs give the whole place a cultish, nostalgic gleam.
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Since 1980, her partner had been the kindly, worshipful Dutch actor Robert Wolders, whom Ferrer likens to a gentlemanly doormat.
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At issue today is whether or not liking social media posts is an angerable offence on a reality television program.
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The double-decker style gives you two stories to personalize to your liking whether a downstairs café and upstairs studio apartment or a guesthouse for visitors.
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Our history is complex but acknowledging its complexity shouldn't be considered inconsistent with loving our country and revering its founders.
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What these men accomplished is worth remembering and revering even as their number dwindles.
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“Adoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoring. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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