Synonyms 6

Question 1

revere

Answer 1

one __________s, usually with tenderness and deference, persons or often institutions, or their accomplishments or attributes, entitled to respect and honor, or objects closely associated with or symbolic of such people or institutions

Question 2

reverence

Answer 2

applying more often to things than persons, suggests more the fact of holding in high respect and with a certain self-abnegation, especially a respecting of things commonly respected or regarded as inviolable

Question 3

venerate

Answer 3

applies commonly to persons or things regarded as holy, sacred, or sacrosanct because of character, associations, or age

Question 4

worship

Answer 4

One commonly__________s a divine being when one pays homage by word or ceremonial, but more broadly one __________s anyone or anything to whom he attributes an especially exalted character or before whom he abases himself in great respect or adoration

Question 5

adore

Answer 5

is often used in the sense of “worship” in its application to a divine being although suggesting a more personal emotion; but commonly and much more generally it applies to any extremely great and usually unquestioning love, however manifest