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English noun: worship | |||
| 1. | worship (act) the activity of worshipping | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adoration, ancestor worship, animal-worship, apotheosis, arborolatry, astrolatry, autolatry, cosmolatry, cultism, deification, demonolatry, devil-worship, devotion, diabolatry, exaltation, fire-worship, hagiolatry, heliolatry, hierolatry, idiolatry, idol worship, idolatry, idolatry, idolisation, idolization, latria, monolatry, moon-worship, praise, prayer, pyrolatry, salaah, salaat, salah, salat, selenolatry, self-worship, sun-worship, supplication, tree-worship, veneration, worship of heavenly bodies, zoolatry | ||
| 2. | worship (feeling) a feeling of profound love and admiration | ||
| Synonyms | adoration | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | love | ||
English verb: worship | |||
| 1. | worship (emotion) love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol | ||
| Samples | Many teenagers idolized the Beatles. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot worship Sue | ||
| Synonyms | hero-worship, idolise, idolize, revere | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adore | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drool over, slobber over | ||
| 2. | worship (emotion) show devotion to (a deity) | ||
| Samples | Many Hindus worship Shiva. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fear, revere, reverence, venerate | ||
| Domain category | faith, religion, religious belief | ||
| 3. | worship (stative) attend religious services | ||
| Samples | They worship in the traditional manner. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attend, go to | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | offer, offer up | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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