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adoring

adoring is the present participle and gerund of adore.

Meaning of adore

Verb

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

  1. To worship.
    • Now, gods that we adore, whereof comes this?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...
    Antonyms:
    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.
    Antonyms:
    disdain
  3. To be very fond of.
    • "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...1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  4. (obsolete) To adorn.
    • […] 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.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Adjective

adoring (comparative more adoring, superlative most adoring)

  1. Showing adoration or admiration.

Noun

adoring (plural adorings)

  1. adoration
    • We must keep up a constant worship of God in our families, and in our closets; we must be frequent in holy adorings and admirings of God.1847, Matthew Henry, James Hamilton, Daily communion with God

Forms of adoring

Adjective
comparativemore adoring
superlativemost adoring
Noun
pluraladorings

Words formed from adoring

Questions about adoring

What does adoring mean?
Adoring means showing adoration or admiration.
What is adoring the present participle and gerund of?
Adoring is the present participle and gerund of adore.
What part of speech is adoring?
Adoring can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near adoring in the dictionary

  1. adorers
  2. adores
  3. adorest
  4. adoreth
  5. Adoribull
  6. adoring
  7. adoringly
  8. adorings
  9. adorkability
  10. adorkable
  11. adorkableness

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