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also worshiping
as in adoring
reflecting great admiration or devotion
impressionable young men with a worshipping regard for professional athletes
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also worshiping
as in worship
excessive admiration of or devotion to a person
feels that there is just too much worshipping of celebrities
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also worshiping
1
as in venerating
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
the ancient Greeks worshipped many different gods
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as in loving
to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for
the new father worships his baby daughter, and would do anything for her
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3
as in idolizing
to love or admire too much
thought that some of her fellow senior citizens worshipped the old days too much, observing that they weren't all good
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Recent Examples of worshipping
Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Destroy this death worshipping, terroristic cult.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Hank Hill — stiff, sincere, propane-worshipping — wasn’t a joke.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
Filmed aboard an operational replica of an actual 18th-century ship, the Götheborg of Sweden, the sequence sees Lee and her congregation worshipping through movement daily on the ship’s deck, rain or shine.
—Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
Spending time with her — thanks in part to support from the Pulitzer Center — allowed the journalists to see the impact of immigration enforcement on a family that had been living, working, teaching and worshiping in Milwaukee for more than a decade.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Except for Adam and Eve there were always groups, special ceremonies, looking for food, fighting for land, worshipping, paying for things, laws and burials for everyone, the right clothing, horses or ships, and fairy tales.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
Still worshipping and leading others in worship – just on my own.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Its followers strictly adhere to the 29 commandments of Guru Jambheshwar, which include the sacred principles of worshiping and protecting all animals.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Still worshipping and leading others in worship – just on my own…this isn’t really an ending, but a new beginning.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2025
According to the latest statement from the Greater Manchester Police (GMP), a large number of people were worshipping at the synagogue when the attack happened at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Some might be inclined to label Lee as an early cult leader, with her extreme views on sexuality, somatic-style worshipping rituals rooted in dance and song as well as her desire to build a self-sufficient, utopian community outside of mainstream society.
—Verb
Explain to the woman that not everyone in the group is comfortable displaying their religiosity in public, and some may prefer to do their worshiping privately.
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Adjective
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Andrew Buss takes an adoring but critical eye to Superbad.—
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The Patriots’ pass coverage without Christian Gonzalez, their atrocious inside linebacker play and roller-coaster special teams, which give any adoring fan a heart attack at a moment’s notice.—
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Try driving eastward, on Palmetto Park Road or Glades or Camino Real, to get to City Hall, the downtown library, Mizner Park, places of worship in east Boca or to our beautiful beaches.—
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Investigators said the shooter or shooters fled from the house of worship, likely traveling north on Redwood Road.—
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The Patriots are loving an analogy that head coach Mike Vrabel first brought to the table before Thanksgiving.—
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The loving chaos wrought by Christine Ebersole and Ciarán Hinds as Alex’s parents in their family home further adds to the subversion of the film, upending expectations of film parents whose son is going through a life-changing event.—
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But in October 2024, Vladimir Kramnik, a former Russian World Chess Champion who Naroditsky grew up idolizing, began publicly insinuating that Naroditsky might be using computer assistance during online games.—
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Bergman grew up idolizing the famed attorney.—
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In reality, Lawrence and Stone are longtime friends (and future collaborators) who haven't been shy about voicing their adoration for one another.—
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Jerry adoration of football is well documented, almost as much as his first true love — money.—
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Chu sits at the center of Hollywood, and grew up in Silicon Valley revering engineers.—
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Written with the intimacy of a conversation among loved ones, Someday, Now invites readers to sit with loss while still reverencing the beauty of life, parenting, and letting our children flourish.—
Cite this Entry
“Worshipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worshipping. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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