Idolize - English meaning

verb

Regard with respect or warm approval.

Usage examples:

I admire your courage

verb

To respect and approve of someone or something

Usage examples:

I admire that music more than any other., the police did an admirable job of calming down the crowd…

verb

Love and respect (someone) deeply.

Usage examples:

He adored his mother

verb

To love and respect someone very much, or to like something very much

Usage examples:

Both girls adored their father., i adore those shoes!, his adoration of his wife is obvious.

verb

Praise (someone) excessively.

Usage examples:

He was adulated in the press

verb

To admire or praise someone very much, especially when this is more than is deserved

Usage examples:

The boxer was convicted of rape, and yet is still adulated by many.

verb

Worship or regard as a god.

Usage examples:

She was deified by the early romans as a fertility goddess

verb

To make someone or something into a god

Usage examples:

The romans used to deify their emperors., pelé was deified by his fans.

verb

Think or speak very highly of (someone or something).

Usage examples:

The party will continue to exalt their hero

verb

To praise someone a lot, or to raise someone to a higher rank or more powerful position

Usage examples:

He felt an exalted sense of power now that he was in line to run the company.

noun

A feeling of extreme admiration for someone, imagining that they have qualities or abilities that are better than anyone else's

Usage examples:

She hero-worshipped her older brother, and she was devastated when he died., you need to come to yo…

verb

Give a lot of public attention and approval to (someone); treat as a celebrity.

Usage examples:

Modern sportsmen are lionized and feted

collocation

Feel admiration for

phrasal verb

Have a great deal of respect for someone.

Usage examples:

He needed a model, someone to look up to

phrasal verb

To get better; improve

Usage examples:

I hope things will start to look up in the new year., look me up the next time you’re in los angele…

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Usage examples:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Usage examples:

He loved his sister dearly

verb

Feel deep respect or admiration for (something).

Usage examples:

Cézanne's still lifes were revered by his contemporaries

verb

To greatly respect and admire someone or something

Usage examples:

Nelson mandela is widely revered for his courage and leadership., most americans have little revere…

noun

Deep respect for someone or something.

Usage examples:

Rituals showed honour and reverence for the dead

verb

Regard or treat with deep respect.

Usage examples:

The many divine beings reverenced by hindu tradition

noun

A feeling of respect or admiration for someone or something

Usage examples:

She has/shows/feels great reverence for her professors.

verb

Regard with great respect; revere.

Usage examples:

Philip of beverley was venerated as a saint

verb

To honor or have great respect for a person or thing

Usage examples:

The american writer mark twain has been venerated for almost a century.

noun

The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.

Usage examples:

Worship of the mother goddess

verb

Show reverence and adoration for (a deity).

Usage examples:

The maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods

verb

To pray to god or a god

Usage examples:

[ i ] they went on a pilgrimage to india to worship at the holy buddhist shrines there., [ i ] they…