Definition of adore Adore

/ʌdɔˈɹ/ - [udor] - a•dore

We found 12 definitions of adore from 7 different sources.

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What does adore mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

adores, adoring, adored  

adore - love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
  love have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
  fetishize make a fetish of
  hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere, worship love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • adore (v. t.)
    To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors to; to honor as deity or as divine.
  • adore (v. t.)
    To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize.
  • adore (v. t.)
    To adorn.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • adore
    Love intensely.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • adore
    ad-ōr′, v.t. to worship: to love intensely.—adj. Ador′able, worthy of being adored.—n. Ador′ableness.—adv. Ador′ably.—ns. Adorā′tion, divine worship, homage: profound regard; Ador′er, one who adores: a lover.—adv. Ador′ingly. [L. ad, to, orāre, to pray. See Oracle.]

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

  • adore
    From add, annex, and ore, meaning wealth. Example, foreign nobles who marry American heiresses adore them.

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  • adore, verb, present, 1st person singular of adore (infinitive).
  • adore, verb (infinitive).

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