dotes
Showers with attention
Dotes means to lavish excessive attention or affection, usually with "on" or "upon": She dotes on her grandchildren, He dotes on his vintage car collection.
The word suggests fondness that borders on indulgence—a doting parent overlooks flaws and spoils the beloved.
An archaic sense meaning to be feeble-minded from age survives mainly in "dotage."
Feels intense affection for
- cherishesDeeply values and protects
- lovesFeels deep affection for
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
besotted · smitten · infatuated · devoted · fond · tender · warmth · attachment
Regards with excessive devotion
- worshipsShows religious devotion toward
- reveresEsteems profoundly
- adoresFeels intense affection for
- glorifiesCelebrates with great praise
venerates · hero-worship · fanatic · obsesses · fixates · pedestals · starry-eyed · awestruck
Seized war gains
- pampersLavishes excessive care upon
- coddlesOverindulges with tenderness
- overindulgesConsumes to excess
- lavishesGives extravagantly, profusely
smothers · babies · fusses · caters · gratifies · permissive · lenient · soft
Ancestors once removed
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- seniorsOldest in a group
- aging parentsMother and father advancing in years
- golden yearsLater life stage
nursing home · caregiver · senility · decline · feeble · forgetful · second childhood · infirm
adores
Feels intense affection for
- cherishesDeeply values and protects
- lovesFeels deep affection for
- treasuresPrized possessions or valuables
enamored · besotted · smitten · infatuated · devoted · fond · tender · warmth · attachment · adoration
idolizes
Regards with excessive devotion
glorifies · venerates · hero-worship · fanatic · obsesses · fixates · pedestals · starry-eyed · awestruck · fawns
spoils
Seized war gains
- pampersLavishes excessive care upon
- coddlesOverindulges with tenderness
- overindulgesConsumes to excess
lavishes · smothers · babies · fusses · caters · gratifies · permissive · lenient · soft · favors
grandparents
Ancestors once removed
- grandchildrenOffspring of offspring
- seniorsOldest in a group
- aging parentsMother and father advancing in years
golden years · nursing home · caregiver · senility · decline · feeble · forgetful · second childhood · infirm · twilight years
- loveadoration, affection, amour, attraction, beloved
- doted overExcessively adored and indulged
- doting overShowing excessive fondness
- dote on