DOTED (ON) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

doted (on)

verb

past tense of dote (on)

as in adored

to love or admire too much doted on her only grandchild

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Under her watch, our shows have thrived as some of the longest-running and most adored in Germany.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
On the 1994 comeback album Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins, Sparks imagined Liberace, who died in 1987, making his own comeback in the afterlife, adored again as a phantom haunting the Earth.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 31 July 2026

Definition of adored

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His mother, who worshipped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, never missed one of FDR’s fireside chats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Two former teachers, who taught religion in the classroom and worshiped with their students, at different Catholic schools in California were fired.

— Devna Bose, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of worshipped

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Not only did it, but liked it… as Jeffrey Dean Morgan tells Entertainment Weekly.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Through recalls, improvements, changes in battery design, and more, Chevrolet managed to make the Bolt into something that people actually liked and wanted to buy.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026

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