English verb: hero-worship | |||
1. | hero-worship (emotion) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | ||
Samples | Many teenagers idolized the Beatles. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot hero-worship Sue | ||
Synonyms | idolise, idolize, revere, worship | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adore | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drool over, slobber over | ||