adoreverb [ T not continuous ]
uk/əˈdɔːr/us/əˈdɔːr/adore verb [ T not continuous ] (LOVE)
to love someone very much, especially in a way that shows a lot of admiration or respect, or to like something very much:
She has one son and she adores him.
I absolutely adore chocolate.
[ + -ing verb ] Don't you just adore lying in a hot bath?
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Loving and in love
- absence
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoring
- affection
- apple
- carry
- dear
- fondly
- have (got) it bad idiom
- head over heels (in love) idiom
- infatuated
- infatuation
- lose
- puppy love
- romance
- romantic
- serious
- smitten
- stuck
- sweep sb off their feet idiom
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adore verb [ T not continuous ] (RELIGION)
formal to worship:
Let us adore God for all his works.
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Worshipping a god
- adoration
- churchgoer
- deify
- devotional
- devout
- devoutly
- glory
- godly
- homage
- idolatry
- Pharisee
- piety
- pious
- practising
- praise
- prostrate
- votive
- worship
- worshipper