to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
to pay divine honor to; worship: to adore God.
to like or admire very much: I simply adore the way your hair is done!
verb (used without object),a·dored,a·dor·ing.
to worship.
Origin of adore
1275–1325; <Latin adōrāre to speak to, pray, worship, equivalent to ad-ad- + ōrāre to speak, beg (see oral); replacing Middle English aour(i)e<Old French aourer<Latin
Considering the majority of Fenty Beauty items are easily snatched off the aisle’s at Sephora when available, this sale is a destined excuse to stock up on all your adored beauty essentials and even try something new.
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Think, really think, and try to remember an SNL political sketch from the last five years that you really adored.
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Mathews adored her, but while she was en route from California to Virginia, he rather feared the future and what it might bring.
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Nutrition nannies scorn hot dogs, but there are plenty of happy eaters who adore them.
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Well, in any case, Tina and moi are now close personal friends and we adore each other.
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To stick around any longer—as much as I adore Rust and Marty and the whole Carcosa mystery—would have broken the spell.
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For example, I adore the girl groups of the early 1960s: The Cookies, The Ronettes, The Shangri La's, and so on.
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They adore spending time with each other, especially when Elsa uses her secret power to make it snow inside the castle.
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The people learn his poetry by heart, adore him, and prefer him as their most faithful interpreter and most affectionate friend.
Holland, v. 1 (of 2)|Edmondo de Amicis
I thought—well, that Parisian women were very fortunate to have men of genius to adore who adore them.
Beatrix|Honore de Balzac
I am neither; but you know all about me, and I always did adore you and always shall.
What Katy Did Next|Susan Coolidge
Can you heartily love and adore a sin-hating, sin-avenging God?
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God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
British Dictionary definitions for adore
adore
/ (əˈdɔː) /
verb
(tr)to love intensely or deeply
to worship (a god) with religious rites
(tr)informalto like very muchI adore chocolate
Derived forms of adore
adorer, nounadoring, adjectiveadoringly, adverb
Word Origin for adore
C15: via French from Latin adōrāre, from ad- to + ōrāre to pray
fall for, revere, admire, delight in, cherish, idolize, worship, glorify, prize, treasure, exalt, venerate, dig, esteem, reverence, honor, dote on, go for, be nuts about