Doting
adjective
Showing a lot of love or attention to someone.
She was a doting mother to her children.
Often appears as...
- doting parent
- doting lover
verb
To be excessively fond of or loving toward.
He dotes on his younger sibling.
Often appears as...
- dote on someone
- dote over someone
adjective
Showing a lot of love or attention to someone.
She was a doting mother to her children.
Often appears as...
- doting parent
- doting lover
verb
To be excessively fond of or loving toward.
He dotes on his younger sibling.
Often appears as...
- dote on someone
- dote over someone
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Doting implies a positive and warm emotion, usually within close relationships.
Her grandparents were doting figures, always ready with a warm hug.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Excessive
The word can suggest that the attention given is more than necessary or usual.
The doting father bought his daughter every toy in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Sometimes 'doting' indicates disapproval, hinting at overindulgence or smothering.
His doting behavior made his friends feel smothered.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Doting implies a positive and warm emotion, usually within close relationships.
Her grandparents were doting figures, always ready with a warm hug.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Excessive
The word can suggest that the attention given is more than necessary or usual.
The doting father bought his daughter every toy in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Sometimes 'doting' indicates disapproval, hinting at overindulgence or smothering.
His doting behavior made his friends feel smothered.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Emotion
Doting implies a positive and warm emotion, usually within close relationships.
Her grandparents were doting figures, always ready with a warm hug.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Excessive
The word can suggest that the attention given is more than necessary or usual.
The doting father bought his daughter every toy in the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
Sometimes 'doting' indicates disapproval, hinting at overindulgence or smothering.
His doting behavior made his friends feel smothered.
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Michael Nichols:...
unbelievable and you just get into their world and I started seeing the thing know it's gonna rain three days before it's gonna rain they they could think to mourn the dead they oh this is Saturn of the planets and only two of those kids are hurt the others she's adopted and she's a doting mother she's this
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Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
there might have been a strict mom or dad are generally quite relaxed with their kids aren't that with their grandkids who spoiled them a little bit more seeing is that they don't have to be the doting parent got an elephant over there that's what he was looking at said the herd of elephants just crossing
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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
that there is a recipe for survival. What I learned is it has to do with attention and resources that everybody deserves. It was advocating friends and a doting sister. It was wise doctors and advanced medicine
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Best of Penguins PIPE Top 5...
but it's only for a moment a large crowd has gathered all trying to adopt the chick she's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers one child snatcher tries to force the chick into her pouch but she's way too
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Living Among Wolves PIPE...
the true wolf the real wolf doesn't at all live up the stereotype they are not a mindless ruthless killer they are an incredibly caring doting family remember the most important thing to them is
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Penguin chicks rescued...
their once doting parents they must leave their icy birthplace and make their way to see every test they face whose skills they'll need later in life but one challenge stops them in our
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Penguins Kidnapping...
But it's only for a moment. A large crowd has gathered, all trying to adopt the chick. She's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers.
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10 TOP Natural History...
their young lives left alone by their once doting parents they must leave their icy birthplace and make their way to the sea
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Genetic Code for...
prairie voles are among the most doting mammals on earth like some humans males and female prairie voles formed lifelong
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Verna Myers: How to...
They are dynamic comedians. They are doting grandpas, caring sons. They are strong fathers,
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Michael Nichols:...
unbelievable and you just get into their world and I started seeing the thing know it's gonna rain three days before it's gonna rain they they could think to mourn the dead they oh this is Saturn of the planets and only two of those kids are hurt the others she's adopted and she's a doting mother she's this
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
there might have been a strict mom or dad are generally quite relaxed with their kids aren't that with their grandkids who spoiled them a little bit more seeing is that they don't have to be the doting parent got an elephant over there that's what he was looking at said the herd of elephants just crossing
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my...
that there is a recipe for survival. What I learned is it has to do with attention and resources that everybody deserves. It was advocating friends and a doting sister. It was wise doctors and advanced medicine
Video examples
Best of Penguins PIPE Top 5...
but it's only for a moment a large crowd has gathered all trying to adopt the chick she's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers one child snatcher tries to force the chick into her pouch but she's way too
Video examples
Living Among Wolves PIPE...
the true wolf the real wolf doesn't at all live up the stereotype they are not a mindless ruthless killer they are an incredibly caring doting family remember the most important thing to them is
Video examples
Penguin chicks rescued...
their once doting parents they must leave their icy birthplace and make their way to see every test they face whose skills they'll need later in life but one challenge stops them in our
Video examples
Penguins Kidnapping...
But it's only for a moment. A large crowd has gathered, all trying to adopt the chick. She's soon overwhelmed by doting admirers.
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
their young lives left alone by their once doting parents they must leave their icy birthplace and make their way to the sea
Video examples
Genetic Code for...
prairie voles are among the most doting mammals on earth like some humans males and female prairie voles formed lifelong
Video examples
Verna Myers: How to...
They are dynamic comedians. They are doting grandpas, caring sons. They are strong fathers,
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Quote examples
Martha Beck
American Author
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.
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Sandra Brown
American Author
Yes, I love my homes, I love to travel, I love my family, and I love doting on my new grandchildren. But you can only do so much of that. I don't go to lunch with friends. I don't join clubs. I don't have any big hobbies. I work. I come up with stories. I can't even imagine a life where I'm not sitting around, worried about my next book.
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Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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Lindsay Pearce
American Actress
Before it was decided that I was going to be adopted, my mother was going to abort me. I was born with tangled legs; they never thought I'd be able to dance... without knowing it, as a child I overcame a lot thanks to really doting, loving parents and a great family and a hard work ethic on my part.
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Whitney Port
I grew up with a family that kind of always took care of me. They were always doting over me and I was always like a helpless little child. I think it's been a really big learning experience to be on my own and realize I can conquer things without having someone rescue me.
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Anthony Carmona
Trinidadian Statesman
We all ran barefooted on the dusty roads in our past, but now the Emperor wears shoes, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the barefooted child and the doting mother are afforded a holistic environment to realise their dreams and ambitions.
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Doris Burke
American Journalist
I definitely want to be a doting grandmother. I love babies. My colleagues will tell you if I'm in an arena and there's a baby in my vicinity I'm holding that baby.
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Tony Wilson
British Journalist
I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who lived with us, all doting on me.
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Sussanne Khan
Like any doting parent, I believe the most important work we do is the way we bring up our children.
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Vikram Bhatt
Indian Director
I am not doting and am not romantic. I can have spurts of romance but am not consistently romantic.
Quote examples
Martha Beck
American Author
As I obsess about my ancient problems, I feel more like I'm sinking in quicksand than lighting a torch. I'm creating neither heat nor light, just the icky, perversely pleasurable squish of self-pity between my toes. My only defense is that I'm not the only one down here in the muck - our whole culture is doting on tales of personal tragedy.
Quote examples
Sandra Brown
American Author
Yes, I love my homes, I love to travel, I love my family, and I love doting on my new grandchildren. But you can only do so much of that. I don't go to lunch with friends. I don't join clubs. I don't have any big hobbies. I work. I come up with stories. I can't even imagine a life where I'm not sitting around, worried about my next book.
Quote examples
Rachel Sklar
Canadian Lawyer
When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
Quote examples
Lindsay Pearce
American Actress
Before it was decided that I was going to be adopted, my mother was going to abort me. I was born with tangled legs; they never thought I'd be able to dance... without knowing it, as a child I overcame a lot thanks to really doting, loving parents and a great family and a hard work ethic on my part.
Quote examples
Whitney Port
I grew up with a family that kind of always took care of me. They were always doting over me and I was always like a helpless little child. I think it's been a really big learning experience to be on my own and realize I can conquer things without having someone rescue me.
Quote examples
Anthony Carmona
Trinidadian Statesman
We all ran barefooted on the dusty roads in our past, but now the Emperor wears shoes, and it is our responsibility to ensure that the barefooted child and the doting mother are afforded a holistic environment to realise their dreams and ambitions.
Quote examples
Doris Burke
American Journalist
I definitely want to be a doting grandmother. I love babies. My colleagues will tell you if I'm in an arena and there's a baby in my vicinity I'm holding that baby.
Quote examples
Tony Wilson
British Journalist
I am very much an only child, meaning I am self-reliant, egocentric, sociable. I had my mother, father, and an uncle who lived with us, all doting on me.
Quote examples
Sussanne Khan
Like any doting parent, I believe the most important work we do is the way we bring up our children.
Quote examples
Vikram Bhatt
Indian Director
I am not doting and am not romantic. I can have spurts of romance but am not consistently romantic.
Example 1 of 10
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