'Doting' definitions:
Definition of 'doting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Doting'
From: GCIDE
- Dote \Dote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Doted; p. pr. & vb. n. Doting.] [OE. doten; akin to OD. doten, D. dutten, to doze, Icel. dotta to nod from sleep, MHG. t?zen to keep still: cf. F. doter, OF. radoter (to dote, rave, talk idly or senselessly), which are from the same source.] [Written also doat.]
- 1. To act foolishly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He wol make him doten anon right. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. [1913 Webster]
- Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child. [1913 Webster]
- Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- What dust we dote on, when 't is man we love. -- Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Doting'
From: GCIDE
- Doting \Dot"ing\, a. That dotes; silly; excessively fond. -- {Dot"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Dot"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'doting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectionate,
- aging,
- apish,
- asinine,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- childish,
- childlike,
- cockeyed,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dear,
- declining,
- decrepit,
- devoted,
- dizzy,
- doddering,
- doddery,
- doited,
- dumb,
- easily taken in,
- easy of belief,
- fading,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- flaky,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- getting on,
- goofy,
- growing old,
- gulled,
- idiotic,
- imbecile,
- inane,
- inclined to believe,
- inept,
- infatuated,
- insane,
- kooky,
- loony,
- lovesome,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- moronic,
- nutty,
- overconfiding,
- overcredulous,
- overtrustful,
- overtrusting,
- sappy,
- screwy,
- senescent,
- senile,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- silly,
- simple,
- sinking,
- stupid,
- superstitious,
- thoughtless,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- uncritical,
- undoubting,
- unskeptical,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- wacky,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wet,
- witless