Adore
Adore verb - To feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for.
Loved
Loved adjective - Granted special treatment or attention.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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But it turns out the new robot, Apple-Bottom-ler, is so perfect at its job that his loved ones genuinely adore it and prefer it to him.
Source: Podcast / Kakos Industries -
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Mistress Butterfly's personal slaves adore her and she seems to love them genuinely.
Source: Webcomic / Collar 6 - He continues to adore Charlie Bradbury from Supernatural even as every appearance moves her further away from the "regular person in over their head" characterization which was the first thing he loved about her (and which he praised her introduction episode for not moving her out of).
Source: Blog / Mark Does Stuff
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Loved and Adore. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/adore/loved
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Loved or Adore. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/adore/loved.
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