adore
REVERE stresses deference and tenderness of feeling. e.g. a professor revered by her students
REVERENCE presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring. e.g. reverenced the academy's code of honor
VENERATE implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age. e.g. heroes still venerated
WORSHIP implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony. e.g. worships their memory
e.g. we adored our doctor
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verb with object
(敬慕の念を抱き)〈人〉を熱愛する, 心から愛する (!loveよりも強意的) e.g. he adored his mother.
｟くだけた話｠ 〈物･事〉が大好きである; ; 〖～ doing〗 …することが大好きである
e.g. she adores Mexican cuisine
e.g. (as adjective adoring) : blowing a farewell kiss to an adoring crowd. ｟かたく｠ 〈神･聖体など〉を崇拝する (!worshipの方が普通) e.g. he adored the Sacred Host.
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