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1
as in venerated
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods
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2
as in loved
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her
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3
as in idolized
to love or admire too much
thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good
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also worshiped
as in revered
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Recent Examples of worshipped
Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Balenciaga, Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent were respected and worshipped.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The most famous conjure woman in the 19th century, Marie Laveau (1801-1881), worshiped Mami Wata in her Voodoo practice, which blended Roman Catholicism, Yoruba traditions, and Haitian Vodou for healing, protection, comfort, and even revenge.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Yet the music icon, still worshiped decades after his death, was intimidated by one artist.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Yahoo News reports that Berenice II had a remarkable life, becoming a queen worshipped like a goddess.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
All are brought together with the objective of showing Cade Bambara’s singular life while maintaining her humanity and never reducing her to worshipped legend status.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
To a kid who worshipped the gods of comedy, Martin was the biggest of them all.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Balenciaga, Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent were respected and worshipped.
—James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The most famous conjure woman in the 19th century, Marie Laveau (1801-1881), worshiped Mami Wata in her Voodoo practice, which blended Roman Catholicism, Yoruba traditions, and Haitian Vodou for healing, protection, comfort, and even revenge.
—Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Yet the music icon, still worshiped decades after his death, was intimidated by one artist.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Yahoo News reports that Berenice II had a remarkable life, becoming a queen worshipped like a goddess.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
All are brought together with the objective of showing Cade Bambara’s singular life while maintaining her humanity and never reducing her to worshipped legend status.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worshipped
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The site is retired from active worship but still venerated.—
Jack Tydeman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Sep. 2025
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Nichiren was a monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and his teachings form the basis of a unique branch of Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the Lotus Sūtra, one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Our testers also loved how the Japanese stainless steel blade gently exfoliates and easily glides along and around the contours of your face.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Murphy and Greco make fresh thin crust pizza that Jack and I loved.—
Greg Sullivan,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said that the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, appeared to have idolized many of the mass shooters who had gone before them.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fein had long idolized the legendary producer and creator of the Wall of Sound.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The revered role would be obsolete.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Masaryk remains one of the country’s most revered historical figures and his legacy is cloaked in an almost mythical aura of admiration.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Birkin adored the baby but was tortured by her husband’s coldness.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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She was adored by her entire Late Show work family, and she will be greatly missed.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But there is more: a little way back from the water, knuckle-like boulders of sandstone or some other friable rock sharpen the ambience of a consecrated space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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Churches are fine, but consecrated Earth is dangerous to them.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
10 June 2025
Verb
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As for their concept for this series, Law liked the idea.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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They were rejected from one entrepreneurship class, then accepted into another, attracting some early pre-seed funding from Soma Capital and a Stanford professor who liked their pitch.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Since his death, two miracles have been attributed to him, and Pope Leo XIV canonized him Sunday.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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He was canonized over the weekend.—
Greg Dixon,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Worshipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worshipped. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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