Doting

/ˈdəʊtɪŋ/

Synonyms for "doting" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adjective(5 words)

affection affectionate aging ancient apish asinine batty befooled beguiled besotted brainless buffoonish childish childlike cockeyed

Strong matches (30)

crazy credulous daffy daft dazed dear declining decrepit devoted dizzy doddering doddery doited dumbeasily taken ineasy of belieffading fatuitous fatuous flaky

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fond fool foolheaded foolish fuddled futile gagagetting ongoofy

Adjective(1 words)

foolish

Related words (50)

growing oldgulled idiotic imbecile inaneinclined to believeinept infatuated insane kooky loony lovesome mad maternal maudlin moronic nutty overconfiding overcredulous overtrustful

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Adjective(5 words)

idolize indulgent loving pamper senile

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

7 entries

affection carecognitive deteriorationemotional attributelovemental declinesenility

More specific

9 entries

cherish forgetfulness indulgememory lossmotherly nurturing pamper pamperingsenile tendency

Collocations

7 entries

doting affectiondoting fatherdoting gazedoting grandmotherdoting husbanddoting motherdoting parent

Inflections

4 entries

doted dotesmore dotingmost doting

Derivations

2 entries

dote doter

similar

1 entries

loving

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

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He is not your common doting parent.

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He was a beloved husband and a doting father.

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Mom, you keep doting on Yoshiki. You don't care about me, do you?

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As always, you are a doting parent.

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