worship
verb [T] (ADMIRE) /ˈwɜː.ʃɪp/
/ˈwɝː-/ (-pp- or US also -p-)Definition
C1 to love, respect, and admire someone or something very much, often without noticing their bad qualities: Her parents worship her. As a child, I worshipped my older brother.Loving and in love
(Definition of worship verb (ADMIRE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- absence makes the heart grow fonder idiom
- adoration noun
- adore verb (LOVE)
- adoring adjective
- affection noun
- be gone on sb idiom
- be soft on sb idiom
- care for sb phrasal verb (LIKE)
- endearment noun
- fall for sb phrasal verb
- fall in love idiom
- fondly adverb (LIKING)
- have got it bad idiom
- loveless adjective
- lovey-dovey adjective
- loving adjective
- lurve noun
- puppy love noun
- worship noun (ADMIRATION)
- young love idiom
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Loving and in love
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