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adoring
(encz) | adoring,zbožňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
adoring
(gcide) | 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
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adoring
(gcide) | 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.
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The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
adored Monmouth. --Macaulay.
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adoring
(wn) | 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] |
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adoringly
(encz) | adoringly,zamilovaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Adoringly
(gcide) | Adoringly \A*dor"ing*ly\, adv.
With adoration.
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adoringly
(wn) | adoringly
adv 1: with adoration; "he looked at his wife adoringly" |
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