Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: adored
IPA transcription: [əd'ɔɹd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: adored, idolized, idolised, worshipped(a)
    Meaning: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife"
Usage examples
  • He adored Bathsheba just the same.
  • If I had not adored her before I--but enough.
  • For this reason they adored him as their maker.
  • I handed my adored wife out, and ordered breakfast forthwith.
  • I own I like being adored myself--and of course one likes doing good.
  • The baron adored Count Andrea Cavalcanti: not so Mademoiselle Eugenie Danglars.
  • The circumlocution has been in vain--you must have guessed it--Ikey adored Rosy.
  • His Henrietta Temple, the Henrietta Temple whom he adored, and by whom he had been worshipped!
  • But all the same, as he adored his son, he gave the gypsy his hand and led her to the great hall, where the bridal feast was spread.
  • And interesting heroic men coming and going in swarms and being so grateful for kindness and entertainment. One is really doing good all the time--and being adored for it.