doting

Thân thiện

A doting grandmother reads a storybook to her young grandson.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent: Showing excessive, often uncritical, fondness and affection, typically to the point of spoiling someone.

Usage

The adjective "doting" is used to describe a person, especially a parent, grandparent, or partner, who shows an excessive amount of love, attention, and indulgence toward another person. It often implies a lack of discipline due to overwhelming affection.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The doting father never said no to his daughter's requests.
  • She received many gifts from her doting grandparents.
  • He is a doting husband who always puts his wife's needs first.

Advanced Usage

• "doting on (someone)": This is a common verbal phrase derived from the adjective, meaning to bestow excessive love and attention.
  • She spends all her time doting on her new puppy.

Variants and Related Words

• Dote (verb): To be excessively fond of; to show great or excessive love for.
  • Grandparents often dote on their grandchildren.
• Dotingly (adverb): In a doting manner.
  • She smiled dotingly at the baby.

Synonyms

• Adoring: Loving deeply and respectfully.
• Fond: Having an affection or liking for.
• Indulgent: Yielding to the wishes or demands of someone, often excessively.
• Devoted: Very loving or loyal.

Antonyms

• Neglectful: Not giving proper care or attention.
• Strict: Demanding that rules are obeyed.
• Unloving: Not feeling or showing love.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Doting parent/grandparent/husband/wife: A common collocation to specify the relationship.
  • As a doting mother, she attended every school event.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
   • adoring grandparents
   • deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain
   • hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother

Từ đồng nghĩa

• adoring
• fond