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HERO-WORSHIP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Example:

Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Synonyms:

hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "hero-worship" is one way to...):

adore (love intensely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hero-worship"):

drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot hero-worship Sue

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