overadored
overadored adjective: given too much adoration.
Adjective
overadored (comparative more overadored, superlative most overadored)
- Given too much adoration.
- His childhood is spent — the old housekeeper tells me this — in the shadow of an overadored elder sister, who later dies suddenly of meningitis.1959, Shane Martin, The third statue: a Professor Challis adventure
Forms of overadored
| comparative | more overadored |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overadored |
Origin of overadored
From over- + adored.
Questions about overadored
- What does overadored mean?
- Overadored means given too much adoration.
- What part of speech is overadored?
- Overadored is an adjective.
Words near overadored in the dictionary
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