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adore

[uh-dawr, uh-dohr]
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verb (used with object), a·dored, a·dor·ing.

to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
to pay divine honor to; worship: to adore God.
to like or admire very much: I simply adore the way your hair is done!

verb (used without object), a·dored, a·dor·ing.

to worship.

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RELATED WORDS

revere, admire, cherish, idolize, worship, glorify, prize, treasure, exalt, venerate, dig, esteem, reverence, honor

Origin of adore

1275–1325; < Latin adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship, equivalent to ad- ad- + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral); replacing Middle English aour(i)e < Old French aourer < Latin
Related formsa·dor·er, nouna·dor·ing·ly, adverbun·a·dored, adjectiveun·a·dor·ing, adjectiveun·a·dor·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for adore

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1. idolize; reverence, revere, venerate.

Antonyms for adore

1. abhor.
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Examples from the Web for adore

Contemporary Examples of adore

Historical Examples of adore

  • I adore that car, Katy, and I don't know how I have ever kept my fingers off it this long.

    Her Father's Daughter

    Gene Stratton-Porter

  • Was this the way you used to take to make us all adore you as we did?

    Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)

    Samuel Richardson

  • Unfortunately for my peace of mind, I adore but too readily.

    Little Dorrit

    Charles Dickens

  • I adore the sea and the plain, but I neither care for mountains nor for forests.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

  • I adore having people come to see me, and I detest going to see them.

    My Double Life

    Sarah Bernhardt

British Dictionary definitions for adore

adore

verb

(tr) to love intensely or deeply
to worship (a god) with religious rites
(tr) informal to like very muchI adore chocolate
Derived Formsadorer, nounadoring, adjectiveadoringly, adverb

Word Origin for adore

C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for adore
v.

late 14c., aouren, "to worship, pay divine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s. Related: Adored; adoring.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper