Antonyms for revered

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ri-veer

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈvɪər

Definition of revered

Origin : 1660s, from French révérer, from Latin revereri "revere, fear" (see reverence (n.), which also was the earlier form of the verb). Related: Revered; revering.

verb have a high opinion of
verb prize

Example sentences :

So he lived and so he died, the most revered and the happiest man in all his native shire.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Thus he spoke, and the other Greeks revered the priest and assented.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

But, as I was saying, revered friend, the abundance of your wisdom makes you lazy.
Extract from : « Euthyphro » by Plato

And when he was possessed of a title he was revered because of that title, or the title itself was revered.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

A man has a right to be employed, to be trusted, to be loved, to be revered.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

They are not thought to be inspired, but are revered because of their immemorial antiquity.
Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies

Putnik, the revered old strategist, declared that he could do no more.
Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 » by Henry Baerlein

I could not accept what my teachers gave me, simply because it was taught, much as I revered some of them.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

I am to thee in place of a suppliant, to be revered, O Jove-nurtured one!
Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer

A particular kind of green snake is revered by the Matabili for this reason.
Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce

Synonyms for revered

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