Adore
[ə'dɔː] or [ə'dɔr]
Definition
(v. t.) To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.
(v. t.) To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
(v. t.) To adorn.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Worship.[2]. Revere, venerate, idolize, honor, pay homage to.
Typist: Toni
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Admire, hallow, glorify, praise, venerate, reverence, worship, idolize
ANT:Abhor, despise, disesteem, abominate, execrate, blaspheme
Edited by Helen
Definition
v.t. to worship: to love intensely.—adj. Ador′able worthy of being adored.—n. Ador′ableness.—adv. Ador′ably.—ns. Adorā′tion divine worship homage: profound regard; Ador′er one who adores: a lover.—adv. Ador′ingly.
Checker: Melanie
Unserious Contents or Definition
v.t. To venerate expectantly.
Typed by Darla
Unserious Contents or Definition
From add, annex, and ore, meaning wealth. Example, foreign nobles who marry American heiresses adore them.
Inputed by Kirsten
Examples
- In the mildest language, I adore you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am very fond of Amelia; I adore her, and that sort of thing. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let us adore Him with praise and thanksgiving. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Dearest Lavinia,' urged Mr Sampson, pathetically, 'I adore you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I adore all imprudent matches. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Will was ready to adore her pity and loyalty, if she would associate himself with her in manifesting them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I love this woman—I adore her! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For the time paganism was revived in their hearts, the pride of life was all in all, and they adored none other than themselves. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I dare not tell your parents yet, but I think they would consent if they knew that we adored one another. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Father of all in every age, in every clime adored By saint, by savage and by sage, Jehovah, Jove or Lord. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was adored by the men. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Major was adored by all people with whom he had to do. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As was usual with him in matters of personal gossip, Lydgate had quite forgotten Rosamond's remark that she thought Will adored Mrs. Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You will be adored in Highbury. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She adores it; I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Miss Sharp adores pork, don't you, Miss Sharp? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And May adores you--and yet you couldn't convince her? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Do you know, I think he adores Mrs. Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was now at my feet, the humble sighing, adoring, suppliant lover again. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Very well, then, said I, to whom this was a new and not unwelcome light, I have never left off adoring her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And the remorse of an adoring husband? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- When you told me your own story, you told me plainly that you began adoring her the first time you saw her, when you were very young indeed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Why, what can a man do when he takes to adoring one of you mermaids? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Sharif