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- [doh-ting]
- /ˈdoʊ tɪŋ/
- /ˈdəʊ.tɪŋ/
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- [doh-ting]
- /ˈdoʊ tɪŋ/
Definitions of doting word
- adjective doting showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile. 2
- adjective doting excessively fond: doting parents. 1
- verb without object doting to bestow or express excessive love or fondness habitually (usually followed by on or upon): They dote on their youngest daughter. 1
- verb without object doting to show a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age. 1
- noun doting decay of wood. 1
- noun doting Extremely and uncritically fond of someone; adoring. 1
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Origin of doting
First appearance:
before 1480 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1480-90; dote + -ing2
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Parts of speech for Doting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
doting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for doting
adj doting
- affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
- loving — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- devoted — Someone who is devoted to a person loves that person very much.
- struck — simple past tense and a past participle of strike.
- fascinated — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
adjective doting
- caring — If someone is caring, they are affectionate, helpful, and sympathetic.
noun doting
- desire — A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- lustfulness — full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- prurience — having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- libidinousness — full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
Antonyms for doting
adj doting
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
adjective doting
- disliking — Present participle of dislike.
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