Entry Word: worshipful

Function: adjective

Meaning: reflecting great admiration or devotion <a movie fan's worshipful stare upon finally meeting her idol> <a teacher surrounded by worshipful little children>

Synonyms adoring, adulatory, deifying, idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)

Related Words glorifying, reverential, venerating; affectionate, fond, loving; appreciative, deferential, respectful; approving

Near Antonyms condemning, contemptuous, disapproving, hateful, loathing, scornful