Antonyms for dotingdot·ing

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1. adoring, doting, fondadjective

   extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent

   "adoring grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"

   Antonyms:
   unloving

   Synonyms:
   tender, adoring, worshipful, warm, fond, lovesome, partial(p), fond(p), affectionate

How to use doting in a sentence?

1. Plutarch:

   An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.

2. Phyllida Law:

   I have three grandchildren – one girl and two boys. I'm a very doting grandmother. I think you're allowed to spoil when you're a granny, that's what grannies are for. In my house, chocolate biscuits are called "don't tell Dad" because that's what I say to them when they see the chocolate biscuits.

3. Herman Melville:

   If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

4. Neal Pender:

   He was just the most doting father and the most loving husband…he was just the perfect guy.

5. Steve Jeffe:

   They were an amazingly loving and doting family.

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