Synonyms for adoration

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ad-uh-rey-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæd əˈreɪ ʃən

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Définition of adoration

Origin : 1540s, from Middle French adoration, from Latin adorationem (nominative adoratio) "worship, adoration," noun of action from past participle stem of adorare; see adore, the original sense of which is preserved in this word.

noun intense love

Example sentences :

The adoration of her, and the insane desire of her, can be seen in every play he wrote from 1597 to 1608.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

They set him on the road which leadeth to peace and adoration.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

She was bending forward, smiling, flattering her escort with the adoration of her eyes.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

And if you knew how dearly loved she was, with what adoration she is still surrounded.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

And then all the voices, the thousands of voices, began the chant of adoration and gratitude.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The first dawning of genuine love—the fervour of adoration, all were fled.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

Our posture must be that of holy reverence, of quiet waiting and adoration.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

She clings to him with agony, and kneels to him with adoration.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

His child, for whom I used to watch his adoration with a dull kind of envy, had left him.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

What; could he swear that he had never whispered to the present object of his adoration?
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

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