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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

adored
    adj 1: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if
           for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"
           [syn: adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped(a)]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adore \a*dore"\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. adored
   ([.a]*d[=o]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. adoring
   ([.a]*d[=o]r"[i^]ng).] [OE. aouren, anouren, adoren, OF.
   aorer, adorer, F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to
   speak, pray, os, oris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the
   French prefix a- being confused with OE. a, an, on. See
   Oral.]
   1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors
      to; to honor as a deity or as divine.
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            Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which
            he [James II.] publicly adored.       --Smollett.
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   2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost
      esteem and affection; to idolize.
      [1913 Webster]

            The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
            adored Monmouth.                      --Macaulay.
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Thesaurus Results for adored:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

admired, appreciated, beloved, cherished, darling, dear, dearly beloved, esteemed, favorite, held dear, held in respect, highly considered, honored, in high esteem, loved, much-admired, pet, popular, precious, prestigious, prized, respected, revered, reverenced, treasured, valued, venerated, well-beloved, well-considered, well-liked, well-thought-of, worshiped

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