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worshipnoun excessive admiration of or devotion to a personthe worship of professional athletes who often turn out to be all too fallible adulation, deification, hero worship, idolatry, idolization, worshipping(also worshiping) adoration, deference, glorification, reverence, venerationidealization, romanticizationaffection, fancy, favor, fondness, like, liking, loveappreciation, esteem, regard, respectapproval condemnation, disapproval, disfavor, dislike, dismissal, disregard, hatred, loathing, scorn worshipverbto offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine powerthe ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods adore, deify, glorify, revere, reverence, venerate admire, honor, love, regard, respectapotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnifyextol(also extoll), laud, praisedelight, gratify, please, satisfy blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violateaffront, dishonor, disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule, scorn, slightdispleasedefame, disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur, smear to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness forthe new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her adore, cherish, love adulate, canonize, deify, idealize, idolizerevere, reverence, veneratedelight (in), dote (on) carry a torch (for)or carry the torch (for), fall for, lose one's heart (to) abhor, abominate, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe antagonize, displeasedisapprove (of), disfavor, dislikedisgust, nauseate, repel, repulse, revolt, sicken, turn off to love or admire too muchthought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good adore, adulate, canonize, deify, dote (on), hero-worship, idolize appreciate, cherish, esteem, prize, treasure, valuefancy, favor, like, preferregardhallow, respect, revere, venerateapprove, endorse(also indorse), support abhor, abominate, despise, detest, disdain, dislike, hate, loathebelittle, deprecate, disparage, misprize, put down v.revere, reverence, venerate, worship, adore mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully.revere stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.a professor revered by her students reverence presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.reverenced the academy's code of honor venerate implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.heroes still venerated worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.worships their memory adore implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.we adored our doctor before the 12th century |