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hero-worshipping

verb , present participle of hero-worship

variants: also hero-worshiping

Synonyms and Antonyms of hero-worshipping

1 to love or admire too much

people who hero-worship celebrities are setting themselves up for disappointment

Synonyms of hero-worshipping

adoring, adulating, canonizing, deifying, doting (on), idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)

Words Related to hero-worshipping

appreciating, cherishing, esteeming, prizing, treasuring, valuing

fancying, favoring, liking, preferring

hallowing, respecting, revering, venerating

approving, endorsing (also indorsing), supporting

Near Antonyms of hero-worshipping

abhorring, abominating, despising, detesting, disdaining, disliking, hating, loathing

belittling, deprecating, disparaging, misprizing, putting down

2 to praise too much

a golfing pro who is hero-worshipped by hordes of weekend duffers

Synonyms of hero-worshipping

adulating, belauding, blarneying, buttering up, flattering, honeying, massaging, overpraising, puffing, soft-soaping, stroking

Words Related to hero-worshipping

blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, sweet-talking, wheedling

fawning, kowtowing, sucking (up to), toadying

idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)

eulogizing, extolling, lauding, praising

applauding, commending, complimenting

congratulating, felicitating

drooling, gushing, slavering, slobbering

endearing, ingratiating

courting, romancing, wooing

Near Antonyms of hero-worshipping

bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, depreciating, disparaging, putting down

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