worship
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,315 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,509 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol also: idolize, idolise, hero-worship, revere Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
- show devotion to (a deity) Many Hindus worship Shiva
- attend religious services They worship in the traditional manner
noun
- the activity of worshipping
- a feeling of profound love and admiration also: adoration
worship in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Like does not always worship like: Beauty often worships the Beast.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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But she considered that his love for her and worship of her made up for it.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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The freedom of worship, dear to you, Is dear to all, and to all is due.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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A spectator might have observed that this worship was manifest to Mr. Jacks, and that it by no means displeased him.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1