Synonyms of hallowed

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adjective

1

as in venerable

deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age

the college's hallowed tradition of ringing the chapel bell one hundred times before commencement ceremonies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• venerable
• venerated
• revered
• sacred
• respected
• respectable
• reverend
• distinguished
• honorable
• honored
• reverenced
• esteemed
• reputable
• worthy
• considered
• admirable
• redoubtable
• estimable
• noble
• moral
• righteous
• good

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loose
• infamous
• disreputable
• notorious
• shameful
• disgraceful
• bad
• dishonorable
• shadowy
• ignominious
• sordid
• vile
• wicked
• shady
• discreditable
• immoral
• base
• unsavory
• mean
• wretched
• dirty
• low
• detestable
• contemptible
• seamy
• despicable

2

as in sacred

set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God

a church erected on one of Christianity's most hallowed sites

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacred
• holy
• venerated
• blest
• revered
• consecrated
• sacrosanct
• sacral
• sanctified
• liturgical
• blessed
• consecrate
• religious
• biblical
• ceremonial
• worshiped
• ritual
• enshrined
• spiritual
• adored
• worshipped
• priestly
• sacramental
• glorified
• scriptural

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhallowed
• unconsecrated
• secular
• earthly
• deconsecrated
• temporal
• desacralized
• nonreligious
• worldly
• mundane
• unspiritual
• profane

3

as in holy

not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with

hallowed traditions that bind the present generation with all those that have gone before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacred
• holy
• inviolable
• pure
• unassailable
• untouchable
• sacrosanct
• protected
• privileged
• inviolate
• exempt
• secure
• immune
• shielded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blasphemous
• irreverent
• profane
• sacrilegious

hallowed

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verb

past tense of hallow

as in blessed

to make holy through prayers or ritual

Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, "we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blessed
• consecrated
• blest
• dedicated
• sanctified
• sacralized
• devoted
• baptised
• canonized
• cleansed
• purified
• exorcised
• baptized
• spiritualized
• chastened
• exorcized
• expurgated
• lustrated
• committed
• reconsecrated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• desecrated
• defiled
• profaned
• violated
• tainted
• soiled
• polluted
• damned
• desacralized
• cursed
• deconsecrated
• dirtied
• condemned
• desanctified
• punished
• fouled
• blasphemed
• execrated
• cussed
• cast out