verb
adore
uh-DOR/əˈdɔːr/
To love or admire someone or something deeply.
The child adores the dog and hugs it gently.
Etymology
Literally calling or praying to a being became worshipping that being. That religious sense broadened to honoring someone very highly and then softened into the everyday meaning of loving or admiring deeply.
In context
with a morbid intensity madly as one can only love a woman who never responds to our love with anything but an eternally uniform eternally calm Stony smile I literally adore her
More examples
- She adores the little café near her office.
- He has always adored his older sister.
- Adoring fans wait outside the theater after the performance.
Forms
adore · adores · adored · adoring