All 3 Uses
revere
in
Nineteen Minutes
(Auto-generated)
- She would be presiding over communities where hunting was not only revered but necessary.
Chpt 1 *revered = deeply respected and admired
- 'They're not just a band,' Orestes said with reverence, his fingers flying over the keyboard.†
Chpt 1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- At first, Josie had suggested nightly culinary classes out of self-preservation-she really didn't know what to say when her mother plunked a charred brick of meatloaf down with the same dramatic reverence that might have been given to the Holy Grail.†
Chpt 1
Definitions:
-
(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
-
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus)
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.