All 4 Uses of
doting
in
Gone with the Wind
- Aunt Pittypat had been christened Sarah Jane Hamilton sixty years before, but since the long-past day when her doting father had fastened his nickname upon her, because of her airy, restless, pattering little feet, no one had called her anything else.†
Chpt 2.8
- Melanie especially doted on him.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Scarlett O'Hara, with the County at her feet, a hundred slaves to do her bidding, the wealth of Tara like a wall behind her and doting parents anxious to grant any desire of her heart.†
Chpt 3.29
- No one except the doting father could see anything beautiful about her, but the neighbors were charitable enough to say that all ugly babies turned out pretty, eventually.†
Chpt 4.42
Definition:
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(doting) demonstrating love and uncritical affectioneditor's notes: Doting may also imply that the doter tends to hover around the person they love to help attend to any needs.