 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adored
adjective: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a
god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn:
{idolized}, {idolised}, {worshipped(a)}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
adore \a*dore"\ ([.a]*d[=o]r"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {adored}
([.a]*d[=o]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {adoring}
([.a]*d[=o]r"[i^]ng).] [OE. aouren, anouren, adoren, OF.
aorer, adorer, F. adorer, fr. L. adorare; ad + orare to
speak, pray, os, oris, mouth. In OE. confused with honor, the
French prefix a- being confused with OE. a, an, on. See
{Oral}.]
1. To worship with profound reverence; to pay divine honors
to; to honor as a deity or as divine.
Bishops and priests, . . . bearing the host, which
he [James II.] publicly adored. --Smollett.
2. To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost
esteem and affection; to idolize.
The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and
adored Monmouth. --Macaulay.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "adored":
admired, appreciated, beloved, cherished, darling, dear,
dearly beloved, esteemed, favorite, held dear, held in respect,
highly considered, honored, in high esteem, loved, much-admired,
pet, popular, precious, prestigious, prized, respected, revered,
reverenced, treasured, valued, venerated, well-beloved,
well-considered, well-liked, well-thought-of, worshiped
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