adoring

adoring
Synonyms and related words:
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, admiring, adorant, affectionate, apotheosizing, awed, awestricken, awestruck, believing, conjugal, cultish, cultist, cultistic, deifying, demonstrative, devoted, devotional, devout, dutiful, faithful, filial, fond, hero-worshiping, husbandly, idolatrous, idolizing, imploring, in awe, in the dust, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, on bended knee, parental, paternal, pietistic, pious, prayerful, precative, precatory, prostrate before, religious, reverent, reverential, romantic, sentimental, soft, solemn, suppliant, supplicant, supplicatory, tender, theistic, uxorious, venerational, venerative, wifely, worshipful, worshiping

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adoring — (adj.) 1650s, worshipping, prp. adjective from ADORE (Cf. adore). Related: Adoringly …   Etymology dictionary

  • adoring — [[t]ədɔ͟ːrɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED An adoring person is someone who loves and admires another person very much. She can still pull in adoring audiences. Derived words: adoringly ADV GRADED She gazes adoringly at her husband …   English dictionary

  • adoring — [əˈdɔːrɪŋ] adj an adoring person or group of people has a great feeling of love and admiration for someone Adoring crowds lined the streets to wait for her.[/ex] adoringly adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • adoring — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • adoring — adj. Adoring is used with these nouns: ↑crowd, ↑fan …   Collocations dictionary

  • adoring — a|dor|ing [əˈdo:rıŋ] adj [only before noun] liking and admiring someone very much ▪ his adoring fans >adoringly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • adoring — UK [əˈdɔːrɪŋ] / US [əˈdɔrɪŋ] adjective [only before noun] showing great love and admiration Adoring crowds lined the streets as their idol drove by. Derived word: adoringly adverb …   English dictionary

  • adoring — adore ► VERB ▪ love and respect deeply. DERIVATIVES adoration noun adorer noun adoring adjective. ORIGIN Latin adorare to worship , from orare speak, pray …   English terms dictionary

  • adoring — adjective 1. showing adoration • Syn: ↑worshipful • Similar to: ↑reverent 2. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent adoring grandparents deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain hope …   Useful english dictionary

  • adoring — adjective Showing adoration or admiration. See Also: adore …   Wiktionary

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