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- [wur-ship]
- /ˈwɜr ʃɪp/
- /ˈwɜːʃɪp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wur-ship]
- /ˈwɜr ʃɪp/
Definitions of worship word
- noun worship reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred. 1
- noun worship formal or ceremonious rendering of such honor and homage: They attended worship this morning. 1
- noun worship adoring reverence or regard: excessive worship of business success. 1
- noun worship the object of adoring reverence or regard. 1
- noun worship (initial capital letter) British. a title of honor used in addressing or mentioning certain magistrates and others of high rank or station (usually preceded by Your, His, or Her). 1
- verb with object worship to render religious reverence and homage to. 1
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Origin of worship
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English wors(c)hipe, worthssipe, Old English worthscipe, variant of weorthscipe; see worth1, -ship; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Worship
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
worship popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for worship
noun worship
- adoration — Adoration is a feeling of great admiration and love for someone or something.
- love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
verb worship
- adore — If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
- revere — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- adulate — to flatter or praise obsequiously
- deify — If someone is deified, they are considered to be a god or are regarded with very great respect.
- venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
Antonyms for worship
noun worship
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- condemnation — Condemnation is the act of saying that something or someone is very bad and unacceptable.
- criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
- debasement — Debasement is the action of reducing the value or quality of something.
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
verb worship
- denigrate — If you denigrate someone or something, you criticize them unfairly or insult them.
- abhor — If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- despise — If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
- detest — If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much.
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