Definition of Adorable

1. Adjective. Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.

Exact synonyms: Endearing, Lovely
Similar to: Lovable, Loveable
Derivative terms: Adorability, Adorableness, Adore, Loveliness

Definition of Adorable

1. a. Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors.

Definition of Adorable

1. Adjective. Befitting of being adored, cute and/or loveable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adorable

1. worthy of being adored [adj] : ADORABLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adorable

adoptious
adoptive
adoptive father
adoptive fathers
adoptive immunity
adoptive mother
adoptive mothers
adoptive parent
adoptive transfer
adoptively
adoptor
adoptors
adopts
adorabilities
adorability
adorable (current term)
adorableness
adorablenesses
adorably
adorabubble
adoral
adorally
adorant
adorate
adorated
adorates
adorating
adoration
adorations
adorative

Literary usage of Adorable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"And Mab ceased to think him adorable : " As if Mirah had shown the least sign of conceit !" Mirah was silent, knowing that there was a specific opinion to ..."

2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"... Hideous maternal parody—The adorable inverted bell- glass— Strange things happen in the world — An ominous clouding of the water—Something the world has ..."

3. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"It is adorable, and I paint—and I paint—Oh! the beautiful fawn-colored cow, sunk up to her dewlap in the damp grass ; I am going to paint her—crac ! there ..."

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