adoration
/adəˈreɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
1Deep love and respect: he gave her a look of adoration it was enough to earn him the adoration of the fans...
- He was revered like a movie idol, with an endless supply of adoration.
- The more wine he drank the more obvious his adoration for her became.
- What really rubs him the wrong way is Lawson's puppy-dog adoration for the newcomer.
Synonyms
love, devotion, care, fondness, warmth, affection;
admiration, regard, high regard, awe, reverence, idolization, lionization, worship, hero-worship, adulation, deification
worship, worshipping, glory, glorification, glorifying, praise, praising, thanksgiving, homage, paying homage, exaltation, exalting, extolment, veneration, venerating, revering, reverence
rare laudation, lauding, magnification, magnifying
2Worship; veneration: the Adoration of the Magi...
- The Adoration Chapel in Swinford Church will re-open on Sunday August 25, with adoration from 2 to 6 p.m.
- Rabbi Berger's pious respect for Schneerson's memory severely compromises his best efforts to combat the Lubavitchers' adoration of him.
- The goal of Hall's meditative practice is "an inward adoration of God".
Synonyms
worship, glorify, praise, revere, reverence, exalt, laud, extol, esteem, venerate, pay homage to, pay tribute to
archaic magnify
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