reverent
/ˈrɛv(ə)r(ə)nt
/adjective
Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect: a reverent silence...
- Everyone was treated by Sr. Monica as another Christ and dealt with in a reverent, respectful way.
- In his past work, David Lynch has often presented seniors as if they were circus freaks, but here his approach is reverent and respectful.
- I was not very reverent or respecting of myself in the early days.
Synonyms
respectful, reverential, worshipping, worshipful, adoring, loving, admiring, devoted, devout, dutiful, awed;
deferential, submissive, humble, meek
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin reverent- 'revering', from the verb revereri (see revere).
Rhymes
- chequebook journalism
- cheque card
- cheque guarantee card
- cheque-proud
- chequer
- chequerboard
- chequered
- chequered flag
- Chequers
- chequing account
- Cher
- Cherbourg
- Cheremis
- Cherenkov, Pavel
- Cherenkov radiation
- Cherepovets
- cherimoya
- cherish
- Cherkasy
- Cherkess
- Cherkessk
- chermoula
- Chernenko, Konstantin
- Chernihiv
- Chernivtsi