as in adoration
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
CBS News, 28 May 2026
Congress must pass the SACRED Act, new bipartisan legislation that would establish 100-foot safe access zones around houses of worship, ensuring that Americans can pray without being intimidated or obstructed.
—Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026
Despite all the violent bureaucracy devoted to worshipping the god Om, only one simple monk, Brutha, actually believes in him.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
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Noun
The new law creates a misdemeanor criminal charge for people who interfere with access to houses of worship.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
Congress must pass the SACRED Act, new bipartisan legislation that would establish 100-foot safe access zones around houses of worship, ensuring that Americans can pray without being intimidated or obstructed.
—Jonathan Greenblatt, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2026
Verb
Hundreds of Muslims in Kazi’s hometown gathered to worship during the last ten nights of Ramadan.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026
Despite all the violent bureaucracy devoted to worshipping the god Om, only one simple monk, Brutha, actually believes in him.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worship
Noun
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After the meeting, Babbitt relished in the adoration of supporters who had waited nearly a decade to come to this point.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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New York Tendaberry, released in the fall of 1969, mostly consists of Nyro alone at the piano, delivering songs that eschewed and subverted most of the characteristics that had won her attention and adoration throughout the preceding decade.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
24 May 2026
Verb
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Catholics may venerate saints and ask them to intercede with God on their behalf.—
Bridget Retzloff,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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The backstory The Ritz-Carlton Maldives opening is bittersweet for followers of Kerry Hill, the late, venerated Australian architect responsible for some of the most legendary hotels in the last quarter-century (including several Aman properties and The Datai Langkawi).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Not sure why, but MongoDB has been loved all along, unlike fellow enterprise software name Salesforce, which has been disliked.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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Fans love to gather with family and friends before matches and dance to the rhythms of cumbia music.—
Michelle Kaufman
May 29,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Let yourself be adored, but don’t confuse intensity with devotion.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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His work was adored, but he was also adored as a person.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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By the nail holes above and beside the worshiping altar, the household hung garlands.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Feb. 2026
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Afternoons are made for fresh piña coladas, languid sun worshipping, and offshore adventures on motorboats fully stocked with snorkels, fins, and local beer.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Essence,
9 Oct. 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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The band retired from touring in 2023 and will now find infinite life as digital avatars, proving that their spirit of rock and roll will never fully die, regardless of whether some critics would’ve liked to have seen such a fate.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
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Bonham told Graves nobody likes the coleslaw, and Graves shrugged.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Hyper-racial idolatry may be too competitive a field on the internet to cut through.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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The two groups displayed a large balloon near the mall of a Trump-like golden calf, a biblical reference to idolatry.—
Tiffany Stanley,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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“Worship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worship. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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