adorable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: a=dor=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

adorable, a. [L. adorabilis, fr. adorare: cf. F. adorable.].

•  Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.  [1913 Webster]

  "The adorable Author of Christianity."  [1913 Webster]
•  Worthy of the utmost love or respect.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

adorable, adj.
1 deserving adoration.
2 colloq. delightful, charming.

Derivative

adorably adv.

Etymology

F f. L adorabilis (as ADORE)

THESAURUS

adorable

E, acceptable, admirable, agreeable, ambrosial, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beloved, captivating, caressable, charming, cuddlesome, darling, dear, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, enviable, exciting, fetching, heavenly, kissable, likable, lovable, loved, lovely, lovesome, luscious, lush, mouth-watering, pleasing, provocative, scrumptious, seductive, seraphic, sweet, taking, tantalizing, tempting, to be desired, toothsome, unobjectionable, winning, winsome, worth having, yummy

ROGET THESAURUS

adorable

Love

N love, fondness, liking, inclination, regard, dilection, admiration, fancy, affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, heart, brotherly love, benevolence, attachment, yearning, eros, tender passion, amour, gyneolatry, gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry, Cupid, Venus, myrtle, true lover's knot, love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story, the, old story, plighted love, courtship, amourette, free love, maternal love, storge, parental love, young love, puppy love, attractiveness, popularity, favorite, lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret, beau, sweetheart, inamorato, swain, young man, flame, love, truelove, leman, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso, cavaliere servente, captive, cicisbeo, caro sposo, inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa, betrothed, affianced, fiancee, flirt, coquette, amorette, pair of turtledoves, abode of love, agapemone, loving, fond of, taken with, struck with, smitten, bitten, attached to, wedded to, enamored, charmed, in love, love-sick, over head and ears in love, head over heels in love, affectionate, tender, sweet upon, sympathetic, loving, amorous, amatory, fond, erotic, uxorious, ardent, passionate, rapturous, devoted, motherly, loved, beloved well beloved, dearly beloved, dear, precious, darling, pet, little, favorite, popular, congenial, after one's mind, after one's taste, after one's fancy, after one's own heart, to one's mind, to one's taste, to one's fancy, to one's own heart, in one's good graces, dear as the apple of one's eye, nearest to one's heart, lovable, adorable, lovely, sweet, attractive, seductive, winning, charming, engaging, interesting, enchanting, captivating, fascinating, bewitching, amiable, like an angel, amantes amentes, credula res amor est, militat omnis amasius, love conquers all, omnia vincit amor, si vis amari ama, the sweetest joy, the wildest woe.