Meaning of DOTING
Pronunciation: | | 'dowting
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| Definition: | | [adj] extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother" |
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| Synonyms: | | adoring, fond, loving |
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| Definition: | | Doting Henry Green`s ninth and last novel was published in 1950. DOTING is written almost entirely in dialogue and tells the story of a middle-aged, upper-middle-class couple in postwar London who contemplate adultery but do not commit it. more details ... |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Dot"ing\, a.
That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- {Dot"ing*ly}, adv. --
{Dot"ing*ness}, n.
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| Related Terms: | | affectionate, aging, apish, asinine, batty, befooled, beguiled, besotted, brainless, buffoonish, childish, childlike, cockeyed, crazy, credulous, daffy, daft, dazed, dear, declining, decrepit, devoted, dizzy, doddering, doddery, doited, dumb, easily taken in, easy of belief, fading, fatuitous, fatuous, flaky, fond, fool, foolheaded, foolish, fuddled, futile, gaga, getting on, goofy, growing old, gulled, idiotic, imbecile, inane, inclined to believe, inept, infatuated, insane, kooky, loony, lovesome, mad, maudlin, moronic, nutty, overconfiding, overcredulous, overtrustful, overtrusting, sappy, screwy, senescent, senile, senseless, sentimental, silly, simple, sinking, stupid, superstitious, thoughtless, trustful, trusting, uncritical, undoubting, unskeptical, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, wacky, waning, wasting, wet, witless |
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