The meaning of the word adore

transitive verb

1

: to worship or honor as a deity or as divine

2

: to regard with loving admiration and devotion

Synonyms

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a professor revered by her students

reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.



reverenced the academy’s code of honor

venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.

worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.

adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.

Example Sentences



He’s a good doctor. All his patients adore him.



They adored shopping in all the boutiques.

Recent Examples on the Web

From Oscar winners to adored animation to bona fide classics, there are always lots and lots of options for anyone’s taste in movies.


—Travis Bean, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023




To help the next generation of fans fall in love with the genre that all of these developers adore so much.


—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023




The quarterbacks intend to connect not only with each other but also with fans who have adored them for years, if not decades.


—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023




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—Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 26 Mar. 2023




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—Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023




Yoakum had a big family who adored her, including 10 siblings.


—Deanese Williams-harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023




Mom’s foster parent says the canine has exhibited phenomenal manners during her extended stay and is the perfect pup for someone who doesn’t adore long walks since Mom herself only wants one short stroll a day.


—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023




Goodbye Fontana Auto Club Speedway’s racetrack seems to be adored by every professional driver on the continent.


—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2023


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Word History

Etymology

Middle English aouren, adouren, borrowed from Anglo-French aurer, ahourer, adourer (with d restored from Latin), going back to Latin adōrāre «to plead with, appeal to, approach (a god) as a suppliant or worshipper, treat with reverence, admire,» from ad- ad- + ōrāre «to pray to, beseech» — more at oration

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of adore was
in the 14th century

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Other forms: adored; adoring; adores

Someone you adore gets put on a pedestal. Considering your fear of germs, when you told me that you had shared a toothbrush — I knew you must adore her!

Adore comes from the Latin word adorare, meaning “to worship.” So when you adore someone, it’s more than just a crush. However, like many words of strong emotion, adore gets used in lighter situations as well. Your aunt tells me you just adore the miniature fruitcakes she sends you every holiday.

Definitions of adore

  1. “he just
    adored his wife”

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English *adoren, aouren, from Old French adorer, aorer, from Latin adōrō (“I pray to”), from ad (“to”) + ōrō (“I speak”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ədôʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdɔː/
  • (General American) enPR: ədôrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdɔɹ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ədōrʹ, IPA(key): /əˈdo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /əˈdoə̯/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: adore

Verb[edit]

adore (third-person singular simple present adores, present participle adoring, simple past and past participle adored)

  1. To worship.

    • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

      Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?

    • 1758, Tobias Smollett, A Complete History of England, London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 3rd edition, Volume 6, Book 8, “William III,” p. 29,[1]
      [James] was met at the castle-gate by a procession of […] bishops and priests in their pontificals, bearing the host, which he publicly adored.
    • 1852, Frederick Oakeley (translator), “O Come, All Ye Faithful” in Francis H. Murray, A Hymnal for Use in the English Church,[2]
      Come and behold him
      Born the King of Angels:
      O come, let us adore Him,
      Christ the Lord.
    Antonym: disdain
  2. To love with one’s entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.

    It is obvious to everyone that Gerry adores Heather.

    • 1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 5, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 388:

      The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Monmouth.

    Antonym: disdain
  3. To be very fond of.

    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

      «I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don’t adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places. […]«

  4. (obsolete) To adorn.

    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

      […] and likewise on her hed
      A Chapelet of sundry flowers she wore,
      From vnder which the deawy humour shed,
      Did tricle downe her haire, like to the hore
      Congealed litle drops, which doe the morne adore.

    Antonym: disdain

Derived terms[edit]

  • adorant
  • adorative
  • adorer
  • adoringly

[edit]

  • adorable
  • adoration

Translations[edit]

worship

  • Belarusian: багатвары́ць impf (bahatvarýcʹ), абагаўля́ць impf (abahaŭljácʹ), баго́міць impf (bahómicʹ)
  • Bulgarian: боготворя́ (bg) impf (bogotvorjá)
  • Catalan: adorar (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 崇拜 (zh) (chóngbài)
  • Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
  • Finnish: palvoa (fi), jumaloida (fi)
  • French: adorer (fr)
  • Galician: adorar (gl)
  • German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
  • Greek: λατρεύω (el) (latrévo)
  • Haitian Creole: adore
  • Hebrew: העריץ‎ (heeríts), סגד‎ (he) (sagád)
  • Hungarian: imád (hu)
  • Icelandic: dýrka
  • Ido: adorar (io)
  • Italian: adorare (it)
  • Japanese: 崇拝する (ja) (すうはいする, sūhai suru)
  • Korean: 숭배하다 (ko) (sungbaehada)
  • Latin: adōrō (la), veneror
  • Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
  • Norman: adouother (Jersey)
  • Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, wielbić (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
  • Portuguese: adorar (pt)
  • Quechua: much’ay
  • Russian: боготвори́ть (ru) impf (bogotvorítʹ), поклоня́ться (ru) impf (poklonjátʹsja) (+ dative case), преклоня́ться (ru) impf (preklonjátʹsja) (перед + instrumental case)
  • Scottish Gaelic: dèan adhradh
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: обожа́вати impf
    Roman: obožávati (sh) impf
  • Spanish: adorar (es)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr), tapınmak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: божестви́ти (uk) impf (božestvýty), обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), обо́жувати impf (obóžuvaty), боготвори́ти (uk) impf (bohotvorýty)

love with entire heart and soul

  • Arabic: عَشِقَ‎ (ar) (ʕašiqa)
    Hijazi Arabic: عِشِق‎ (ʿišig)
  • Belarusian: го́рача любі́ць impf (hórača ljubícʹ), го́рача каха́ць impf (hórača kaxácʹ)
  • Bulgarian: обожа́вам (bg) impf (obožávam)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 熱愛／热爱 (zh) (rè’ài)
  • Czech: zbožňovat impf
  • Dutch: aanbidden (nl), adoreren (nl)
  • Esperanto: adori, amegi
  • Finnish: ihailla (fi)
  • French: adorer (fr)
  • German: anbeten (de), verehren (de)
  • Haitian Creole: adore
  • Hebrew: העריץ‎ (heeríts)
  • Hungarian: imád (hu)
  • Italian: adorare (it)
  • Japanese: 熱愛する (ja) (ねつあいする, netsuai suru), 敬愛する (ja) (けいあいする, keiai suru)
  • Korean: 열애하다 (yeoraehada), 경애하다 (gyeong’aehada)
  • Macedonian: обожава impf (obožava)
  • Norman: adouother (Jersey)
  • Polish: uwielbiać (pl) impf, ubóstwiać (pl) impf, adorować (pl) impf
  • Portuguese: amar (pt)
  • Russian: обожа́ть (ru) impf (obožátʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: gràdhaich
  • Spanish: querer (es)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr)
  • Ukrainian: обо́жнювати impf (obóžnjuvaty), па́лко коха́ти impf (pálko koxáty)

Translations to be checked

  • Basque: (please verify) adoratu, (please verify) gurtu
  • Norwegian: (please verify) tilbe (no)
  • Swedish: (please verify) beundra (sv), (please verify) tillbe (sv)
  • Thai: (please verify) เทอดทูน, (please verify) บูชา (th) (buu-chaa)
  • Turkish: tapmak (tr)

Anagrams[edit]

  • E-road, O’Dare, Roade, dorea, oared, oread

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /adoɾe/, [a.ð̞o̞.ɾe̞]

Noun[edit]

adore

  1. energy
  2. courage

Declension[edit]

Declension of adore (inanimate, ending in vowel)

Synonyms[edit]

  • kemen

Derived terms[edit]

  • adore eman
  • adoregabe
  • adoretsu

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.dɔʁ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʁ

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

  • éroda

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of adorar

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French adorer (“worship, adore”).

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. adore
  2. worship

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäd̪ɔrɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.do.re/, [ˈäːd̪ore]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈdoː.re/, [äˈd̪oːrɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈdo.re/, [äˈd̪ɔːre]

Noun[edit]

adore or adōre n

  1. ablative singular of ador

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. third-person singular/third-person plural present subjunctive of adora

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈdoɾe/ [aˈð̞o.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -oɾe
  • Syllabification: a‧do‧re

Verb[edit]

adore

  1. inflection of adorar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
Источник
adore
[ə’dɔː]

гл.

обожать; поклоняться, почитать, преклоняться

We adore them for their generosity. — Мы преклоняемся перед ними за их благородство.

She adores visiting museums. — Она обожает ходить по музеям.

Syn:

Англо-русский современный словарь.
2014.

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Источник

a·dore

 (ə-dôr′)

tr.v. a·dored, a·dor·ing, a·dores

1. To worship as God or a god.

2. To love (someone) deeply and devotedly. See Synonyms at revere1.

3. To like very much: adores Broadway musicals.

[Middle English adouren, from Old French adourer, from Latin adōrāre, to pray to : ad-, ad- + ōrāre, to pray.]

a·dor′er n.

a·dor′ing·ly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

adore

(əˈdɔː)

vb

1. (tr) to love intensely or deeply

2. to worship (a god) with religious rites

3. (tr) informal to like very much: I adore chocolate.

[C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray]

aˈdorer n

aˈdoring adj

aˈdoringly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

a•dore

(əˈdɔr, əˈdoʊr)

v. a•dored, a•dor•ing. v.t.

1. to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect.

2. to pay divine honor to; worship.

3. to like or admire very much: I adore your new shoes.

v.i.

4. to worship.

[1275–1325; Middle English aour(i)e < Old French aourer < Latin adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship =ad- ad- + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral)]

a•dor′er, n.

a•dor′ing•ly, adv.

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adore

Past participle: adored
Gerund: adoring

Imperative
adore
adore
Present
I adore
you adore
he/she/it adores
we adore
you adore
they adore
Preterite
I adored
you adored
he/she/it adored
we adored
you adored
they adored
Present Continuous
I am adoring
you are adoring
he/she/it is adoring
we are adoring
you are adoring
they are adoring
Present Perfect
I have adored
you have adored
he/she/it has adored
we have adored
you have adored
they have adored
Past Continuous
I was adoring
you were adoring
he/she/it was adoring
we were adoring
you were adoring
they were adoring
Past Perfect
I had adored
you had adored
he/she/it had adored
we had adored
you had adored
they had adored
Future
I will adore
you will adore
he/she/it will adore
we will adore
you will adore
they will adore
Future Perfect
I will have adored
you will have adored
he/she/it will have adored
we will have adored
you will have adored
they will have adored
Future Continuous
I will be adoring
you will be adoring
he/she/it will be adoring
we will be adoring
you will be adoring
they will be adoring
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adoring
you have been adoring
he/she/it has been adoring
we have been adoring
you have been adoring
they have been adoring
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adoring
you will have been adoring
he/she/it will have been adoring
we will have been adoring
you will have been adoring
they will have been adoring
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adoring
you had been adoring
he/she/it had been adoring
we had been adoring
you had been adoring
they had been adoring
Conditional
I would adore
you would adore
he/she/it would adore
we would adore
you would adore
they would adore
Past Conditional
I would have adored
you would have adored
he/she/it would have adored
we would have adored
you would have adored
they would have adored

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb 1. adore - love intenselyadore — love intensely; «he just adored his wife»

love — have a great affection or liking for; «I love French food»; «She loves her boss and works hard for him»

hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere, worship — love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; «Many teenagers idolized the Beatles»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

adore

verb

1. love, honour, admire, worship, esteem, cherish, bow to, revere, dote on, idolize She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.
love hate, loathe, despise, detest, abhor, abominate, execrate

2. like, love, enjoy, go for, dig (slang), relish, delight in, revel in, be fond of, be keen on, be partial to I adore good books and the theatre.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

adore

verb

1. To regard with great awe and devotion:

2. To feel deep, devoted love for:

3. To like or enjoy enthusiastically, often excessively:

The American Heritage® Roget’s Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

يَعْبَد ، يُحِب جِدَاًيَعْبُد، يُوَقِّريَعْشَقُ

zbožňovatuctívat

beundredyrkeelske højtforgudetilbede

ihannoida

obožavati

dátilbiîja

あこがれる

흠모하다

dievintigarbinimasmylintisnuostabiai

dievinātpielūgt

oboževati

beundra

บูชา

yêu tha thiết

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

adore

[əˈdɔːr] vt [+ person] → adorer; [+ food, books, activity] to adore doing sth → adorer faire qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

adore

vt

(= love very much) family, wife → über alles lieben

(inf: = like very much) French, whisky etc → (über alles) lieben; to adore attention → gern im Mittelpunkt stehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

adore

(əˈdoː) verb

1. to love or like very much. He adores his children.

2. to worship.

aˈdorable adjective

an adorable little baby.

aˈdorably adverbˌadoˈration (ӕdə-) noun

worship or great love.

aˈdoring adjective

adoring parents.

aˈdoringly adverb

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

adore

→ يَعْشَقُ zbožňovat beundre verehren λατρεύω adorar ihannoida adorer obožavati adorare あこがれる 흠모하다 aanbidden tilbe uwielbiać adorar обожать beundra บูชา hayranlık duymak yêu tha thiết 崇拜

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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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.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM adore

a·dor·er, nouna·dor·ing·ly, adverbun·a·dored, adjectiveun·a·dor·ing, adjective

un·a·dor·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby adore

adoptive, adoptive immunity, adorable, adoration, adorbs, adore, adorn, adorned, adornment, adorno, ADOS

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Words related to adore

admire, cherish, delight in, fall for, idolize, revere, worship, dig, esteem, exalt, glorify, honor, prize, reverence, treasure, venerate, be nuts about, dote on, go for

How to use adore in a sentence

  • Flash forward to late summer 2020, as Elon Musk shows off the brain signals from a very cute pig named Gertrude, gaining oohs and ahhs from adoring fans attending the demonstration for Neuralink, his brain-machine startup.

  • Wine geeks are wine geeks for a reason, and there’s a very good reason why so many finely trained palate types adore Egly-Ouriet.

  • Considering the majority of Fenty Beauty items are easily snatched off the aisle’s at Sephora when available, this sale is a destined excuse to stock up on all your adored beauty essentials and even try something new.

  • Think, really think, and try to remember an SNL political sketch from the last five years that you really adored.

  • Mathews adored her, but while she was en route from California to Virginia, he rather feared the future and what it might bring.

  • Nutrition nannies scorn hot dogs, but there are plenty of happy eaters who adore them.

  • Well, in any case, Tina and moi are now close personal friends and we adore each other.

  • To stick around any longer—as much as I adore Rust and Marty and the whole Carcosa mystery—would have broken the spell.

  • Community, as much as so many people adore it, has had such a complicated run.

  • For example, I adore the girl groups of the early 1960s: The Cookies, The Ronettes, The Shangri La’s, and so on.

  • She shook her head, looking kindly at the boy, who had quickly learnt to adore her, as had all the Nubians in the villa.

  • And Himself, whose being and attributes are all infinite, they are created and preserved to praise and adore.

  • But if any man shall not fall down and adore, he shall the same hour be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

  • And that if any man shall not fall down and adore, he should be cast into a furnace of burning fire.

  • Considering the uncertainty in which we are left by both text and commentary, the best we can do is to adore without disputing.

British Dictionary definitions for adore

verb

(tr) to love intensely or deeply

to worship (a god) with religious rites

(tr) informal to like very muchI adore chocolate

Derived forms of adore

adorer, nounadoring, adjectiveadoringly, adverb

Word Origin for adore

C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray

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обожать, поклоняться, преклоняться

глагол ↓

- обожать; поклоняться; преклоняться
- разг. очень любить, обожать

to adore children [sweets, painting, music] — очень любить /обожать/ детей [сладости, живопись, музыку] 
to adore swimming — очень любить плавать 
I adore your new dress — я в восторге от твоего нового платья 

- рел. поклоняться

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

to hail / adore the rising sun — заискивать перед новой властью  
to adore children — очень любить /обожать/ детей  
adore children — очень любить детей  
adore music — очень любить музыку  
adore painting — очень любить живопись  
adore swimming — очень любить плавать  
adore the rising sun — заискивать перед новой властью  

Примеры с переводом

I simply adore chocolate. 

Я просто обожаю шоколад.

She adores visiting museums. 

Она обожает ходить по музеям.

He’s a good doctor. All his patients adore him. 

Он — хороший доктор. Все его пациенты обожают его.

We adore them for their generosity. 

Мы преклоняемся перед ними за их благородство.

Betty adores her grandchildren. 

Бетти обожает своих внуков.

He’s always been surrounded by people who adore him. 

Он всегда был окружён людьми, которые его обожают.

They adored shopping in all the boutiques. 

Они просто обожали скупаться /делать покупки/ во всех этих бутиках.

Возможные однокоренные слова

adorable  — прелестный, восхитительный, обожаемый
adorer  — обожатель, поклонник
adored  — обожаемый
adoral  — расположенный около рта, приротовой, адоральный

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: adore
he/she/it: adores
ing ф. (present participle): adoring
2-я ф. (past tense): adored
3-я ф. (past participle): adored

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Inflections of ‘adore‘ (v): (⇒ conjugate)
adores
v 3rd person singular
adoring
v pres p
adored
v past
adored
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

a•dore /əˈdɔr/USA pronunciation  
v. [~ + object]; [not: be + ~ -ing], a•dored, a•dor•ing. 

  1. to feel love for:He adored his wife.
  2. to worship as divine:to adore God.
  3. to like or admire very much:I adore your new shoes.[~ + verb-ing]They adored shopping.

ad•o•ra•tion /ˌædəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]
a•dor•ing, adj. 
a•dor•ing•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

a•dore 
(ə dôr′, ə dōr′),USA pronunciation v., a•dored, a•dor•ing. 
v.t.

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

v.i.

  1. to worship.
  • Latin
  • Old French aourer
  • Latin adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship, equivalent. to ad- ad— + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral); replacing Middle English aour(i)e
  • 1275–1325

a•dor′er, n. 
a•dor′ing•ly, adv. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged idolize; reverence, revere, venerate.


    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abhor.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

adore /əˈdɔː/ vb

  1. (transitive) to love intensely or deeply
  2. to worship (a god) with religious rites
  3. (transitive) informal to like very much

Etymology: 15th Century: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray

aˈdorer n aˈdoring adj aˈdoringly adv

‘adore‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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