Antonyms for worship


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : wur-ship
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr ʃɪp


Definition of worship

Origin :
  • Old English worðscip, wurðscip (Anglian), weorðscipe (West Saxon) "condition of being worthy, honor, renown," from weorð "worthy" (see worth) + -scipe (see -ship). Sense of "reverence paid to a supernatural or divine being" is first recorded c.1300. The original sense is preserved in the title worshipful (c.1300).
  • noun honoring, glorification
  • verb honor, glorify
Example sentences :
  • These circumstances have led me to suppose that you worship them as mere forms.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I only told your worship where a good son and a good master might be had.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • He had united them and he had made them the first of all nations to worship a single God.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • There was even a sort of worship in the bright eyes that looked at the new leader.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The worship of Life is natural, and must of necessity continue.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • You worship victories, for in your trophies the cross is the heart of the trophy.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • He started and turned to me a face of confusion—yes, and of worship.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • It is to be a day of rest in order that it may be a day of worship.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • A meaner temple was never consecrated to the worship of the Deity.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Synonyms for worship

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