Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An act of adoration, or one of homage paid by a lover.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective feeling or showing profound respect or veneration. Opposite of
irreverent . - adjective feeling or showing a deep love and devotion to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
adore . - adjective Showing
adoration oradmiration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing adoration
- adjective extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
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Examples
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Also a few special schoolfriends who in adoring my disastrous amateur poems at 16, helped me cherish them too.
My Artist Dreams Sharon Bakar 2004
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At nine he called the adoring hall-boy, gave him a quarter with minute instructions, and saw him disappear into the hallway of Number 205.
The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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In the view which is given here of the retribution on the wicked as an instance of God's wise and holy ordering, we may well pause in adoring wonder and faith.
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By employing ourselves in adoring the depth of those divine counsels of which we cannot find the bottom we shall very much tranquilize our minds under the afflicting hand of
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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As the Ciceronian model of republicanism made explicit, the goal in adoring one’s civic order is to assume a posture vis-à-vis the state like that of a dutiful child to a parent. [
Patriot Acts: The Political Language of Henrich von Kleist 2006
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That kind of overlap might be what you'd expect from a guy who recalls adoring his college political-theory class "because it was funny."
In 'Sycamore Trees' at Signature Theatre, Marc Kudisch stays true to his roots 2010
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That kind of overlap might be what you'd expect from a guy who recalls adoring his college political-theory class "because it was funny."
In 'Sycamore Trees' at Signature Theatre, Marc Kudisch stays true to his roots 2010
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I was just recalling the adoring crowds at Obamas Ich-Bin-Ein-Berliner speech.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I recall adoring magazine cover after magazine cover at the supermarket checkout line with hagiographic photos of Obama.
"I love movies like that..." Ann Althouse 2009
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John McCain, meanwhile, is talking gas prices and pocketbook issues and tweaking the media for what the McCain camp calls adoring coverage of Obama.
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