as in worshiping
excessive admiration of or devotion to a person
the worship of professional athletes who often turn out to be all too fallible
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as in to venerate
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods
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as in to love
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her
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as in to adore
to love or admire too much
thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good
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Recent Examples of worship
Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Under the Trump administration, ICE has been granted greater authority, with restrictions lifted on conducting arrests in sensitive locations such as schools, health care facilities and places of worship.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving-car division, for instance, founded an organization to worship artificial intelligence as a godhead.
—John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
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Noun
There are fewer opportunities now to meet people of different faiths and ethnicities and races now, when one of the only ways to find community is within a place of worship, i.e. a church.
—Literary Hub, 12 June 2025
Under the Trump administration, ICE has been granted greater authority, with restrictions lifted on conducting arrests in sensitive locations such as schools, health care facilities and places of worship.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Verb
They were required to work late hours, pray late into the evening and to wake up early to worship during church sermons that went on for hours, prosecutors wrote in the indictment.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving-car division, for instance, founded an organization to worship artificial intelligence as a godhead.
—John Kaag, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worship
Verb
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Apollo, the god of archery and the son of Zeus, was venerated both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2025
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We are culturally deprived, and the attempt to venerate McDonald for her unedifying turmoil backfired.—
Armond White,
National Review,
13 June 2025
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In Mexico Some guys just love the game and won’t give up.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The 30-year-old musician has notably shared her distaste for Noth’s character, Mr. Big, Carrie Bradshaw’s on-and-off again love interest through the series and films.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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This new effort is filled with the most memorable and moving canine moments Friedman has encountered in a life of adoring dogs.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Those viral moments shifted her audience away from indie-loving Pitchfork dudes and toward a younger, more female crowd; her recent shows have been marked by throngs of adoring fangirls.—
Kristin Robinson,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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The stakes are also higher in the third act because of a life-risking incident and Nani’s career aspirations, while the new movie downplays Stitch’s adoration for Elvis Presley, though his songs are present.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Set three years after the events of Season 4, Joe and his wife Kate (Charlotte Richie) are living in New York, where Kate’s role as a powerful CEO has brought them a lot of public attention and adoration.—
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix.,
Refinery29,
1 Apr. 2025
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But Pi is precociously enlightened, his innocence not a problem to be rectified but a quality to be reverenced.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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But Trump also reverenced the tough job Emmer has in keeping the GOP majority together, with which Emmer is all too familiar after the chaotic last two years.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
3 Feb. 2025
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All the evidence says that, yes, he was liked and respected by his team-mates at all his clubs.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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There are a lot of fans who like kung fu movies, Samurai films, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Bullet, Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
5 June 2025
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Cannabis, long revered for its therapeutic properties, has been making waves in wellness circles, offering a range of benefits for physical and mental health.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
1 June 2025
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Aspects of existentialism can also be found in much older sources revered in European intellectual traditions, such as the biblical books of Ecclesiastes and Job and the thinking of Greek Cynics such as Diogenes.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
1 June 2025
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His assessment is based not on the slack-jawed idolatry of elite-media toadies, but on sources nobody else thought to ring up and poke.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unlike most contemporary acts subject to mass idolatry, Wolf Alice’s online presence (which, historically, has been minimal) has never been part of the appeal.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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“Worship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worship. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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