as in adoring
reflecting great admiration or devotion
a movie fan's worshipful stare upon finally meeting her idol a teacher surrounded by worshipful little children
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Last year, eight films scored A+; the only ones that didn’t target right-wing film fans were concert films from Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, both of whom have their own worshipful fan bases.
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Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
Moon’s memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of the absent father and thirsty for maternal affection.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Do all those cameos make the series feel authentic, or overly worshipful?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
The first is that Scalia’s dissent was, well, written by Scalia, a conservative icon who many of the Court’s Republicans speak of in almost worshipful tones.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 June 2024
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Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
Moon’s memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of the absent father and thirsty for maternal affection.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
Do all those cameos make the series feel authentic, or overly worshipful?
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
The first is that Scalia’s dissent was, well, written by Scalia, a conservative icon who many of the Court’s Republicans speak of in almost worshipful tones.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for worshipful
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“Worshipful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worshipful. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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