to worship
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3.4
- verb
- /ˈwɜrʃɪp/
:
idolatrar
- - They will worship you as a god!
- worship idols
- worship a hero
- adolescents worship
It will give you everything if you worship it, this new idol.
- It will give you everything if you worship it, this new idol.
- And the same thing is true if we worship another human right.
- And so we tend to worship the things that we need and respect the most.
- Too many of us now tend to worship self indulgence and consumption.
- But, you know, don't, don't worship me.
- And so which is why I now worship Bill Gates.
- Whereas the wokery is, is worshipping weakness.
- To say it is ugly, in fact, it's a sin to worship money.
- Steve Jobs was ever the rebel and worshipped rebels.
- They're going to expect you to be their cheerleader, to be their publicist and to worship them blindly.
- Those things can be essentially what you worship.
- But I want to say, you know, Donald Trump, he worships and really idolizes Ava Peron.
- Now that you know the true power of an editor, worship us.
- My mom and me worshipped my brother, worshipped my dad that never protected us from her.
Examples
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In the town was a young man whom one might say she worshipped from afar.
Fiction book (1992) -
Later, the child will be taught to worship his ancestral spirits in song and dance.
Academic text (2003) -
And so we tend to worship the things that we need and respect the most.
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And so which is why I now worship Bill Gates.
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Your Excellency, I worship beauty.
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Our life on this planet would be meaningless if we do not worship the God of the Ancient House.
Academic text (2005) -
Well, people who worship heroes must be prepared for disillusionment.
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For those three days, he worshiped her and could not get enough of looking and touching.
Fiction book (1999) -
I worship you.
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Many fans worship the singer for her powerful voice and inspiring lyrics.
Synonyms
42
4.9
Admire someone very much, often ignoring their faults
21
6.7
To feel deep respect and admiration for someone, often with awe
14
4.6
To have respect for someone because of what they do
11
7.4
To show great respect for a person or thing
10
6.0
Admire someone so much you think they are perfect
7
8.4
To treat someone like a god and admire them too much
2
7.1
To treat someone or something with deep respect
1
6.5
Admire someone so much that you think they are perfect
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
To make someone seem like a god or without faults
Antonyms
Idioms
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
Compounds
1
7.0
A practice of honoring dead family members with gifts and prayers, believing their spirits watch over the living
Treating the Bible like a holy object to respect instead of a book to read and follow
How Admiring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worship as a verb comes from Old English weorþscipe, with weorþ 'worth' and -scipe like friendship, and it originally meant to give honor. So when we say someone worships a person, we mean they admire or love them very strongly, almost like giving them great value.