[responsivevoice]venerate[/responsivevoice] [ ven-uh-reyt ]
The word of the day is ‘venerate’.
The word is a Verb, i.e., it demonstrates an action or an occurrence.
Yes, the past form of the word is venerated.
It means:
1. Revere
2. Regard with great respect
3. Think highly of
4. Respect
1. We cannot venerate anyone in whom appreciation is not divorced from desire.
2. Your nature seems to require something to venerate, as well as to love
3. Yet how common it is to venerate the form and to deny the spirit!
4. Why do we slight any word of Him whom we venerate and worship under the name of the Word?
5. They venerate the sun as Dharam Deota, but no offerings are made to him.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
cherish, esteem, exalt, hallow, idolize, admire, adore, apotheosize, appreciate, deify, honour, love, regard, respect, reverence, treasure, value, worship, be in awe of, hold in awe, look up to, put on a pedestal, think highly of, revere, adulate, hallow, hold sacred, pay homage to, pay tribute to, praise, extol, aggrandize, lionize. stand in awe of, marvel at, magnify, respected, esteemed, honoured, hallowed, holy, sacred etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
denounce, abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dishonor, dislike, disparage, disregard, disrespect, hate, scorn, etc.
Quotation:
We live in a culture that venerates scores. We affix numbers to how much fat is in our mochachinos, how quickly our telephones suck information from the air, how much pain we’re in. Reading, too, has become a skill to quantifiably assess.
Anthony Doerr
Social Example:
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