0 past simple and past participle of adore
1 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?
2 to worship:
Whistlings of death and circles of faint music cause this adored body to rise, expand, and quiver like a ghost.
She, like him, polarized opinion; most people either adored her or loathed her.
Sounds (music and whistlings) cause the adored, beautiful body to expand and burst open, into vibrant colour, movement and sensuality.
As a teacher, too, he must have been good fun; certainly his students adored him.
The cameraman adored the director of the actors who was wearing cowboy boots.
The cameraman adored the director of the actor who was wearing cowboy boots.
The cameraman adored the actor with the director who were wearing round glasses.
Ever since he could speak, he had expressed a wish to have a creature smaller than himself, over which he would have dominion and in return be adored.
