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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

adoring
    adj 1: showing adoration [syn: adoring, worshipful]
    2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring
       grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband
       with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
       [syn: adoring, doting, fond]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

adoring \adoring\ adj.
   1. 1 feeling or showing profound respect or veneration.
      Opposite of irreverent.

   Syn: worshipful, reverent
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. 1 feeling or showing a deep love and devotion to. her
      adoring parents

   Syn: doting, fond, lovesome
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which
            he [James II.] publicly adored.       --Smollett.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for adoring:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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