adore
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!
to worship.
Origin of adore
1Other words for adore
Opposites for adore
Other words from adore
- a·dor·er, noun
- a·dor·ing·ly, adverb
- un·a·dored, adjective
- un·a·dor·ing, adjective
- un·a·dor·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use adore in a sentence
Since then I have made the acquaintance of the Abb Coignard, and have become a faithful adorer.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonHe was Jess's most humble adorer, but his grief was that she would never look at him if Davey was looking at her.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah PrichardIndiana was handed out by her new adorer, the young baronet; and Eugenia was assisted by her new assailer, the young nobleman.
Camilla | Fanny BurneyThe enthusiastic lawyer refused all promotion, and became a quite pious adorer of this angel of grace and beauty.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacThe enraged girl, now maddened with fury, laid her hands on the neck of her adorer, as if about to strangle him.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio Valds
British Dictionary definitions for adore
/ (əˈdɔː) /
(tr) to love intensely or deeply
to worship (a god) with religious rites
(tr) informal to like very much: I adore chocolate
Origin of adore
1Derived forms of adore
- adorer, noun
- adoring, adjective
- adoringly, adverb
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