Meaning
5 senses(countable)An act of religious worship.
Anbetung
поклоне́ниеpoklonénije
поклоні́нняpoklonínnja
the act of admiring strongly
(uncountable)Admiration or esteem.
восхище́ниеvosxiščénije
a feeling of profound love and admiration
(uncountable)The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination; an intense love sometimes bordering on veneration or infatuation.
Because of Gerald's adoration for Katie, he was blind to her flaws.
обожа́ниеobožánije
захо́пленняzaxóplennja, за́хватzáxvat
(countable, historical, uncountable)The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
(countable, uncountable)Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
Examples
4 sentencesWhat's the difference between love and adoration?
ruЧем любовь отличается от обожания?
I looked at the sweet child with adoration.
The “smiling face with heart-eyes” conveys enthusiastic feelings of love, infatuation, and adoration for someone.
Fadil's love and adoration only fed Layla's ego.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoratiBorrowed from Middle French adoration, from Latin adōrātiō, adōrātiōnem (“worship, adoration”), from adōrō (“beseech; adore, worship”), from ad (“to, towards”) + ōrō (“beg”).
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Forms
plural: adorations| Singular | adoration |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the worship given to God alone:latria
- the act of admiring strongly:idolizationidolisation
- a feeling of profound love and admiration:worship
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable