From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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
[WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
adored Monmouth. --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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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