Idolizing - 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

To find someone or something attractive and pleasant to look at

Usage examples:

We stood for a few moments, admiring the view., i was just admiring your jacket, delia.

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

To love someone very much, especially in a way that shows a lot of admiration or respect, or to like something very much

Usage examples:

She has one son and she adores him., i absolutely adore chocolate., [ + -ing verb ] don't you just …

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

To consider someone or something to be so important that they are almost like a god

Usage examples:

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.

verb

To raise someone to a higher rank or more powerful position

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

idiom

To behave as if one person is more important than others

Usage examples:

We put athletes and movie stars on a pedestal.

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…