adorer

as inworshiper/worshipper
as inworshiper

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noun believer

Antonyms for adorer

Word Origin & History

late 14c., aouren, "to worship, pay divine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; weakened sense of "to be very fond of" emerged by 1880s. Related: Adored; adoring.

Example Sentences for adorer

Well, adorer and courtier of the Emperor Alexander, why don't you say anything?

She had found an adorer, and had apparently succumbed to his importunities.

If Glaucus could not be her slave, neither could he be the adorer of her rival.

Fiesco is an adorer of the arts, and soon warmed by ennobling scenes.

Her champion seems evidently her admirer, and his father her adorer.

The third vase was that of the genius Trautmutf, "the adorer of his mother."

Veltro fits the indispensable turnkey, and for title—The Adorer.

But Hamilton believed in monopolies no more than did Betty, and he became her adorer.

It is very humiliating that no adorer has yet turned up for me.

You know how Krishna broke his own vow to keep the vow of his adorer Bhishma.

adorer

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