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zealous | reverence |

As an adjective zealous

is full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.

As a noun reverence is

reverence (deep respect).

zealous

English

Alternative forms

* zelous

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of zeal; ardent, fervent; exhibiting enthusiasm or strong passion.
  • * 1791 , , volume 1, page 238:
    • Johnson was truly zealous for the success of "The Adventurer;" and very soon after his engaging in it, he wrote the following letter:
  • * 1896 , , A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom (2004 edition), page 122:
    • Doubtless many will exclaim against the Roman Catholic Church for this; but the simple truth is that Protestantism was no less zealous against the new scientific doctrine.
  • * 1940 , Foster Rhea Dulles, America Learns to Play: A history of popular recreation, 1607-1940 , page 61:
    • and there were few more zealous dancers at the fashionable balls in the Raleigh Tavern at Williamsburg.
  • * 2011 April 4, " Newt Gingrich," Time (retrieved 9 Sept 2013):
    • Newt Gingrich . . . left Congress in 1998, following GOP midterm-election losses that many blamed on his zealous pursuit of Bill Clinton's impeachment.

    Synonyms

    * (full of zeal) ardent, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, passionate, zealotic

    Antonyms

    * (full of zeal) apathetic, dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic

    Derived terms

    * overzealous * zealously * zealousness

    Related terms

    * jealous * zeal * zealot * zealotic * zealotical * zealotry

    reverence

    English

    Noun

  • Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
  • An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
  • * Goldsmith
    • Make twenty reverences upon receiving about twopence.
  • The state of being revered.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
  • A form of address for some members of the clergy.
    • your reverence
  • That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I am forced to lay my reverence by.

    Derived terms

    * reverent (pos a) * revere (pos v) * reverently (pos adv)

    Verb

  • To show reverence.
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