Basic Details
Word: Adoring
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Showing great love and admiration for someone.
Synonyms: loving, devoted, affectionate, fond
Antonyms: hostile, cold, scornful
How to Spell Adoring
Syllables: a - dor - ing
Tricky part: Adore loses its e when ing is added. There is one d and one r.
Watch out for: adoreing, addoring, adorring
Memory tip: The silent e of adore steps aside for ing, the way smile becomes smiling and dance becomes dancing.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The singer waved to her adoring fans from the stage.
Example 2: Our dog gives Papa an adoring look whenever he opens the fridge.
Example 3: The adoring grandparents clapped at every step of the dance.
Fun Fact
Adore comes from Latin adorare, to speak to or pray to, from ad and orare, to speak or pray. Orare also gives orator and oracle.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
adoring
a) devoted
b) scornful
c) fond
d) loving
Show answer
b) scornful. Loving, devoted and fond are close to adoring; scornful looks down on someone.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) adoreing
b) admiring
c) ignoring
d) exploring
Show answer
a) adoreing. Adore, explore, ignore and admire all drop the e before ing.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The baby gave her grandmother an addoring smile from the cradle.
a) cradle
b) grandmother
c) baby
d) addoring
Show answer
d) addoring. Adore starts with a single d, so adoring does too.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
groidna
a) grading
b) roaming
c) adoring
d) adorning
Show answer
c) adoring. Only adoring uses these seven letters exactly; grading wants two g's and adorning two n's.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The adoring fans waited for hours outside the stadium. The fans were full of ____.
a) love and admiration
b) anger
c) boredom
d) fear
Show answer
a) love and admiration
2. Which of these is most likely to get an adoring look?
a) a broken umbrella
b) a muddy shoe
c) a pile of homework
d) a new baby in the family
Show answer
d) a new baby in the family
