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[ doh-ting ] / ˈdoʊ tɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR doting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveexcessively fond: doting parents. showing a decline of mental faculties, especially associated with old age; weak-minded; senile. Origin of dotingFirst recorded in 1480–90; dote + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM dotingdot·ing·ly, adverbdot·ing·ness, nounun·dot·ing, adjectiveWords nearby dotingdo the dishes, do the honors, do the spadework, do the trick, do time, doting, dot matrix, dot-matrix printer, dot product, dot-sequential, dotted Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dotingHe is also said to have been a good father and now a doting grandfather. Ex-Cop’s Shooting of Texting Moviegoer Ends in Tragedy|Michael Daly|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are the doting mother, wild brother, and distant father. Jimmy Connors Memoir Shows He Wasn’t Misunderstood, He Was Just a Jerk|James Zug|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Moscow regime is denying them a chance; a chance at an extraordinary life with doting parents in a wealthier country. How Difficult Russian Adoptions Were, Even Before Vladimir Putin’s Crackdown|Lauren Ashburn|December 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST Even her husband, a gruff French surgeon who is more “Tiger Mom” than doting dad, thought the email was a bit curt. Nick Crews’s Daughter on Her Dad’s Viral Smackdown|Lizzie Crocker|December 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Put another way, they are what every doting parent wants their precocious toddler to grow up to become. Unlock Your Inner Psychopath: Kevin Dutton’s ‘The Wisdom of Psychopaths’|Robert Herritt|October 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST Do not think that the few hours of my fatherhood have already made a doting parent of me. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine|Heinrich Heine He was at that time young, and the only child of a doting mother. Every whim was law to her doting mother and father, so it was small wonder that the girl was spoiled in many ways. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp|Lillian Elizabeth Roy Each in his turn domineered over his doting master, and made himself a byword for insolence and self-seeking. A History of England|Charles Oman I was pleased to notice that her nudity did not this time appeal to my doting madness. Fantazius Mallare|Ben Hecht
Words related to dotingaffectionate, loving, adoring, devoted, struck, fascinated, fatuous, fond, foolish, lovesick, silly, simple, lovesome |