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reverencing

VERB

have a high opinion of

Synonyms

WEAK

admire adore apotheosize appreciate be in awe of cherish defer to deify enjoy esteem exalt hold in awe honor look up to love magnify pay homage prize put on pedestal regard respect think highly of treasure value venerate worship

Antonyms

WEAK

despise disregard

Example Sentences

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In a land reverencing charismatic leadership and far-reaching intellect, he looks like a messenger boy and disparages his own brain.

From Time Magazine Archive

The caretaker’s wife was Irish, and a Catholic, reverencing the Church in all its manifestations.

From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

What men are here—wild, insolent, unjust, or are they hospitable, reverencing the Gods?

From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques

I, reverencing the people, did not bate My reverence of their deed and oracle, Nor vainly prate Of better and of worse Against the great conclusion of their will.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

"We won't try it to-night," said Clementina, and once more turned him from the place, reverencing the shadow he had brought with him from the spirit of his mother.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various