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worship

worship

35 4.2
A feeling of deep love and respect for a person or god
  • noun
  • /ˈwɜrʃɪp/
translation icon : adoración
  • His deep worship for the artist is evident in the way he collects her paintings.
  • celebrity worship
  • idol worship
  • hero worship

That is the the person who was, we were watching someone in a pure state of worship.

Examples

  • Others highlight the organizational flexibility, emotional worship style, and supportive social networks provided by evangelical and Pentecostal congregations.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The Greek civilization, much of our culture and philosophy, came from a worship of those beings.

    Academic text (2000)

  • I believe freedom of worship is written into your Constitution.

    Jefferson in Paris (1995)

  • It's that ecstatic worship of the mother.

  • I wish I could describe the magnitude of the worship, or explain precisely why.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I was now looking to find out what this ancestor worship was all about.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • He then deserves my worship and my affection.

  • The boy was always hanging around Rhett with hero-worship clear on his face.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • In this way, Diderot substituted the worship of God with a humanist regard.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Overall, problematic dimensions of celebrity worship appear to be positively correlated with the tendency to be narcissistic.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

respect
vsworship
∞ 1.0

A feeling of admiration for someone because they are good or successful

adds deep love and possibly religious devotion to that esteem
admiration
vsworship
106 1.8

A feeling of respect and approval for someone or something

is deeper and includes love and sometimes religious feeling
reverence
vsworship
35 6.3

A deep feeling of respect and awe for someone or something

adds strong love and admiration to that respectful feeling
devotion
vsworship
22 4.6

Deep religious faith and commitment to God

focuses more on feeling of love and respect than on service
adoration
vsworship
16 3.4

A strong feeling of love and respect for someone or something

combines deep love with respect and often religious feeling
veneration
vsworship
  • Formal
4 7.8

Strong respect for someone or something, often shown in a religious way

emphasizes love alongside respect rather than respect alone
idolatry
vsworship
3 7.6

Very strong admiration for someone or something, often too much

shares intensity but lacks the idea of excess or unreasonableness
idolization
vsworship
  • US
1 6.8

Strong admiration that makes someone seem perfect

is intense admiration without necessarily being excessive or extreme

Antonyms

contempt
131 5.5

A strong feeling that someone or something is worthless and deserves no respect

Idioms

to worship the ground someone walks on
  • Informal
7.4

To admire someone too much and ignore their faults

to worship the porcelain god
  • Slang
9.9

To throw up after drinking too much alcohol

Compounds

place of worship
14 2.9

A place where people meet to pray or have religious services

house of worship
11 2.9

A building where people gather for prayer or religious services

hero worship
4 5.1

A very strong admiration for a famous person that ignores their faults

idol worship
1 7.8

Praying to statues or pictures as if they were gods

ancestor worship
1 7.0

A practice of honoring dead family members with gifts and prayers, believing their spirits watch over the living

nature worship
1 8.8

Religious belief that people pray to natural things like rivers and the sun

worship and fellowship
1 3.7

Religious people meet to pray, sing, and spend time together

Bible-worship
9.9

Treating the Bible like a holy object to respect instead of a book to read and follow

devil-worship
9.9

To pray to devils or evil spirits, often using special rituals

animal-worship
9.2

Treating animals as sacred beings in religion

fire-worship
9.9

To treat fire as a god or holy thing

fish-worship
9.9

The practice of treating fish as sacred in a religion

miracle-worship
9.9

Too much belief or praise for miracles that ignores core religious teachings

moon-worship
9.9

An act of praying to the moon as if it were a god

place-worship
9.9

Respect shown for a place thought to be holy, like a temple or mountain

self-worship
8.6

Too much love and praise for yourself that ignores others

serpent-worship
9.9

A religious practice of treating snakes as gods

sun-worship
9.2

A religious practice in which people pray to the sun as a god

symbol-worship
9.9

Giving too much value to symbols instead of what they stand for

tree-worship
9.9

A practice of showing religious respect to trees

woman-worship
  • Archaic
9.3

To admire and respect women very much

worship of heavenly bodies
9.9

To pray to planets or stars as gods

worship of man
9.5

Treating a person as if they were a god

word-worship
  • Literature
9.9

Giving too much value to how something is said instead of what it means

How Admiring

worship
35 4.2
adoration
16 3.4
love
∞ 1.0
admiration
106 1.8
appreciation
119 2.9
liking
1 1.0

Surface Forms

worship singular
worships plural

Morphology

worship = worth (opaque) = worth + ship

Although historically formed from 'worth' + '-ship', the modern meaning 'reverence' cannot be derived from 'worth' by typical learners due to semantic drift.

Etymology

Worship as a noun for a feeling also comes from Old English weorþscipe (with weorþ 'worth' and -scipe like friendship), meaning the state of valuing someone. That is why worship can mean deep love, admiration, or respect for a person as well as for a deity.