venerating

Definitions

Regarding with great respect or reverence.

Treating something or someone as sacred or holy.

Examples

The villagers spent the morning venerating the ancient statue in the town square.

She spent her entire life venerating the memory of her ancestors through traditional rituals.

Synonyms

revering adoring honoring respecting worshipping exalting reverencing

Antonyms

despising scornng disrespecting mocking reviling condemning abhorring