doting (on)

verb

present participle of dote (on)
as in adoring
to love or admire too much doted on her only grandchild

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doting (on)
  1. adoring
  2. worshipping
  3. liking
Verb
  • New Englanders, from Maine to Massachusetts, brace themselves for these foliage-adoring tourists every autumn.
    — Laina Gustafson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Moments later, an unbothered Brown flung himself around the stadium, catering directly to his adoring, unwavering fans.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of adoring
Verb
  • Its magical forest is filled with talking animals, tree-worshipping mystics, scheming functionaries, and the Dowager Governess (Carey Mulligan), an enchantress who commands an army of uniformed coyotes.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
  • In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody).
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of worshipping
Verb
  • Social convention dictates that you not be caught liking Hoffman’s posts or following her yourself.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
  • His tool, Reverse Engineer Anything, or REA, lets artificial intelligence agents pull apart programs and reconstitute them to their users’ liking.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of liking
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