NOUN | feeling | reverence, fear, awe, veneration | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
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cognition | reverence | a reverent mental attitude | |
act | reverence | an act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy) | |
VERB | emotion | reverence, fear, revere, venerate | regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
Sounds | reh'verahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | fear, awe, veneration | |
Broader | emotion | Any strong feeling |
Spanish | miedo, reverencia, sobrecogimiento, temor, terror, veneración | |
Catalan | veneració | |
Adjectives | reverent | showing great reverence for god |
reverential | feeling or manifesting veneration | |
Verbs | reverence, revere | regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
Meaning | A reverent mental attitude. | |
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Broader | attitude, mental attitude | A complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways / ways |
Opposite | irreverence | An irreverent mental attitude |
Spanish | reverencia | |
Catalan | reverència | |
Adjectives | reverent | feeling or showing profound respect or veneration |
reverential | feeling or manifesting veneration | |
Verbs | revere | love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess |
reverence | regard with feelings of respect and reverence |
Meaning | An act showing respect (especially a bow or curtsy). | |
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Narrower | bow, bowing, obeisance | bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting |
curtsy, curtsey | bending the knees | |
Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
Meaning | Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | fear, revere, venerate | |
Narrower | enshrine, saint | hold sacred |
worship | show devotion to (a deity) | |
Broader | respect, esteem, value, prize, prise | Regard highly |
Spanish | reverenciar, venerar | |
Catalan | reverenciar, reverir, venerar | |
Nouns | reverence | a reverent mental attitude |
reverence | a feeling of profound respect for someone or something |
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