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adore

[ uh-dawr, uh-dohr ]

verb (used with object)

, a·dored, a·dor·ing.
  1. to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.

    Synonyms: venerate, revere, reverence, idolize

    Antonyms: abhor

  2. to pay divine honor to; worship:

    to adore God.

  3. to like or admire very much:

    I simply adore the way your hair is done!



verb (used without object)

, a·dored, a·dor·ing.
  1. to worship.

adore

/ əˈdɔː /

verb

  1. tr to love intensely or deeply
  2. to worship (a god) with religious rites
  3. informal.
    tr to like very much

    I adore chocolate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • aˈdoringly, adverb
  • aˈdoring, adjective
  • aˈdorer, noun
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Other Words From

  • a·dorer noun
  • a·doring·ly adverb
  • una·dored adjective
  • una·doring adjective
  • una·doring·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adore1

First recorded in 1275–1325; from Latin adōrāre “to speak to, pray, worship,” from ad- ad- + ōrāre “to beg, plead, speak” ( oration ); replacing Middle English aour(i)e, from Old French aourer, from Latin
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adore1

C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray
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Example Sentences

Flash forward to late summer 2020, as Elon Musk shows off the brain signals from a very cute pig named Gertrude, gaining oohs and ahhs from adoring fans attending the demonstration for Neuralink, his brain-machine startup.

Wine geeks are wine geeks for a reason, and there’s a very good reason why so many finely trained palate types adore Egly-Ouriet.

From Eater

Considering the majority of Fenty Beauty items are easily snatched off the aisle’s at Sephora when available, this sale is a destined excuse to stock up on all your adored beauty essentials and even try something new.

Think, really think, and try to remember an SNL political sketch from the last five years that you really adored.

From Vox

Mathews adored her, but while she was en route from California to Virginia, he rather feared the future and what it might bring.

Nutrition nannies scorn hot dogs, but there are plenty of happy eaters who adore them.

Well, in any case, Tina and moi are now close personal friends and we adore each other.

To stick around any longer—as much as I adore Rust and Marty and the whole Carcosa mystery—would have broken the spell.

Community, as much as so many people adore it, has had such a complicated run.

For example, I adore the girl groups of the early 1960s: The Cookies, The Ronettes, The Shangri La's, and so on.

She shook her head, looking kindly at the boy, who had quickly learnt to adore her, as had all the Nubians in the villa.

And Himself, whose being and attributes are all infinite, they are created and preserved to praise and adore.

But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

Considering the uncertainty in which we are left by both text and commentary, the best we can do is to adore without disputing.

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