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
- 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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