adoring

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a·dore

(ə-dôr′)

tr.v. a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores

1. To worship as God or a god.

2. To love (someone) deeply and devotedly. See Synonyms at revere¹.

3. To like very much: adores Broadway musicals.

[Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, from Latin adōrāre, to pray to : ad-, ad- + ōrāre, to pray.]

a·dor′er n.

a·dor′ing·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	adoring - showing adoration worshipful reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"
	2.	adoring - extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" doting, fond loving - feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents"; "loving glances"

adoring

adjective admiring, loving, devoted, worshipping, fond, affectionate, ardent, doting, venerating, enamoured, reverential, reverent, idolizing, adulatory She can still pull in adoring audiences.
hating, loathing, despising, detesting, abhorring, abominating

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Translations

عَابِد، شَدِيد الحُب

zbožňující

forgudende

tilbiîjandi

adorante

forgudende tilbedende

zbožňujúci

çok seven

敬慕的

adoring

[əˈdɔːrɪŋ] ADJ [look] → lleno de adoración; [parent etc] → cariñoso

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adoring

[əˈdɔːrɪŋ] adj
his adoring wife → sa femme qui l'adore
her adoring fans → ses fans qui l'adorent

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adoring

adj → bewundernd; his adoring fans → seine bewundernden or ihn anbetenden Fans

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adoring

[əˈdɔːrɪŋ] adj (look, glance) → pieno/a di adorazione, adorante
he has adoring parents → i suoi genitori lo adorano

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adore

(əˈdoː) verb

1. to love or like very much. He adores his children.

2. to worship.

aˈdorable adjective

an adorable little baby.

aˈdorably adverb

ˌadoˈration (ӕdə-) noun

worship or great love.

aˈdoring adjective

adoring parents.

aˈdoringly adverb

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When you told me your own story, you told me plainly that you began adoring her the first time you saw her, when you were very young indeed."

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Gilbert, waiting for her in the hall below, looked up at her with adoring eyes.

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