adore
adore
Definition
adore (ə dôr′)
transitive verb adored′, ador′·ing
- to worship as divine
- to love greatly or honor highly; idolize
- Informal to like very much
Etymology: ME adouren < OFr adourer < L adorare, to worship < ad-, to + orare, to speak: see oration
ador′·er noun
ador′·ingly adverb
adore
Synonyms
adore
v.
adore
Usage Examples
Used with why or when
- what: I adore what you've done with your setup and graphics.
Object
- SB: She is very considerd about her actions, and knows where things should be etc. She totally adores SB.
- fan: He remains a darling of talk radio with a legion of adoring fans.
- crowd: Four nights a week, top local musicians play their hearts out to adoring crowds.
- wife: I'm 36 married to my adoring wife with 3 young kids.
- audience: And they just keep on coming - adoring audiences and critics ' plaudits.
- son: Stuart was kind, generous, loving, adored son, brother, nephew, cousin and loyal friend.
Subject
- million: Tennis India's most wanted The fastest rising star in women's tennis is adored by millions in her home country.
- everyone: Instead they want to remember their happy, loving little boy who was adored by everyone in the village.
- child: With over 700 titles published, Enid Blyton's stories remain timeless classics, adored by children throughout the world.
Modifying Another Word
- absolutely: How many of these buy the tunes they absolutely adore on the weekend in CD single format or 12 inch vinyl?
- utterly: With a choice of luxury frames in either wood, gold or silver this is an exceptional personalized present she'll utterly adore.
- simply: Well, long-term interest rates are being kept down by foreigners who simply adore US Treasury bonds.
- totally: Oh, well anyway, I'm writing to say that I totally, totally adore your books!
- truly: You were such a special man, whom I will always truly adore.
- obviously: Eichmann obviously adored the boy, who was about the same age as Malkin's nephew who died at Auschwitz.
Preposition: by
- million: Tennis India's most wanted The fastest rising star in women's tennis is adored by millions in her home country.
- fan: About the Author John Motson is a footballing icon, revered and adored by all football fans.
- everyone: Instead they want to remember their happy, loving little boy who was adored by everyone in the village.
- child: With over 700 titles published, Enid Blyton's stories remain timeless classics, adored by children throughout the world.
