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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 worshiping
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
an attentive, solicitous husband who clearly adores his wife
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as in worshipping
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
Marc D. Hauser, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The three cosmonauts spent weeks performing zero gravity acrobatics, televised for the adoring Soviet public.
—Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Popular in the Motor City region for more than four decades, Franks always draws adoring crowds to savor his sophisticated melodies and witty, sometimes risqué lyrics.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
At age six, Ethan's tenure of deprivation ended and a rich life of loving care started with Julie, his adoring adoptive mother.
—Marc D. Hauser, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
The three cosmonauts spent weeks performing zero gravity acrobatics, televised for the adoring Soviet public.
—Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
Verb
With that, the trio of Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas come swaggering and smiling from the wings, strolling to the tip of a catwalk together, the professional differences that splintered their brotherly union for a spell neatly compartmentalized for 2 ½-hours of polished pop digested by adoring fans.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Popular in the Motor City region for more than four decades, Franks always draws adoring crowds to savor his sophisticated melodies and witty, sometimes risqué lyrics.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adoring
Adjective
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But that huge exception is in the form of Michelle Yeoh, who supplies a healthy dose of star power to play the role of the titular devil child’s loving mother, Lady Yin.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
2 Sep. 2025
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For Kaiko and the countless other rescue dogs, the journey to a loving home is just beginning.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yum Yum is marginal to the investigative action, but affectionate and pretty.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Is this moving-picture love letter overly sentimental, sloppy to a fault, and slightly more affectionate toward its posthumous subject than a basket of puppies high on laughing gas?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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These staples are made for traveling light, mixing and matching, and actually enjoying your fall plans without stressing over what to wear.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
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Season three finds former British spy Sylvia Fox, played by Silent Witness star Emilia Fox, mentally and physically recovered from her abduction at the end Season 2 and back to enjoying her life in Italy.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and other people worshiping.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Even if the majority of their fans have given up on this quest, and moved on to the ritual of worshipping all things football, there is an unofficial magic number that if the Rangers reach would nearly guarantee a partial salvage of this season.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Not keke not liking the gays Chile !—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Too inconsistent for Andoni Iraola’s liking, only averaging a goal or assist every 175 minutes in all competitions last season, his talent isn’t in doubt, but can Keith Andrews turn Brentford’s record signing into a top-level Premier League player?—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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West was at the height of his cultural influence and had handpicked Chance, a fellow Chicago native, as his protégé—the successor to the soul-drenched, worshipful hip-hop that West had popularized in the mid-two-thousands.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
20 Aug. 2025
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The secret in the biscuits is the pairing of cheddar with bacon, with the overall result being worshipful thanks from those who are lucky enough to partake.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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Robbie tries to be appreciative of the young matriarch’s sacrifices.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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Produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Barry Jenkins’ Pastel, this is a small-scale picture that should find a commensurate but appreciative audience.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Adoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adoring. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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