adoration

CEFRC2

/ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Very strong love or admiration.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Admiration or esteem.

Examples

  • Fadil's love and adoration only fed Layla's ego.

  • I looked at the sweet child with adoration.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination; an intense love sometimes bordering on veneration or infatuation.

  2. An act of religious worship.

  3. Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.

More examples

In context

  • Because of Gerald's adoration for Katie, he was blind to her flaws.

  • […] if she can create the sense of beauty in people whose lives have been sordid and ugly...she is worthy of all your adoration, worthy of the adoration of the world.

  • We incessantly look forward, and endeavour, by prayers, adoration, and sacrifice, to appease those unknown powers, whom we find, by experience, so able to afflict and oppress us.

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”). From adore + -ation.