adored; adoring
1
: to worship or honor as a deity or as divine
2
: to regard with loving admiration and devotion
He adored his wife.
3
: to be very fond of
adores pecan pie
adorer
noun
Examples of adore in a Sentence
He's a good doctor. All his patients adore him.
They adored shopping in all the boutiques.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 June 2025
Those viral moments shifted her audience away from indie-loving Pitchfork dudes and toward a younger, more female crowd; her recent shows have been marked by throngs of adoring fangirls.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 5 June 2025
He’s accompanied by his white wife, Anne, and their adored 9-year-old, Louisa.
—Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Fritz Walter, whose brother Ottmar played as the side’s centre-forward, was a prodigiously talented inside-left who was adored by Herberger, who gave him special treatment and handed him the captain’s armband.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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“Adore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adore. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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adore
verb
ə-ˈdō(ə)r 
-ˈdȯ(ə)r
adored; adoring
1
: worship entry 2 sense 1
adore God
2
: to be very fond of
adoration
noun
ˌad-ə-ˈrā-shən
adorer
noun
ə-ˈdōr-ər
-ˈdȯr-
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