reverent

rev·er·ent (r

nt)

adj.

Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin reverns, reverent-, present participle of reverr, to revere; see revere¹.]

rever·ent·ly adv.

reverent [ˈrɛvərənt ˈrɛvrənt]

adj

feeling, expressing, or characterized by reverence

[from Latin reverēns respectful]

reverently adv

reverentness n

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Adj.	1.	reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence" respectful - full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance" irreverent - showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"
	2.	reverent - showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" godly, worshipful pious - having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

reverent

adjective respectful, awed, solemn, deferential, loving, humble, adoring, devout, pious, meek, submissive, reverential the reverent hush of a rapt audience
mocking, cheeky, irreverent, disrespectful, flippant, sacrilegious, impious

Translations

reverent [ˈrevərənt] ADJ → reverente

reverent [ˈrɛv^ərənt] adj → respectueux/euse

reverent

adj → ehrfürchtig, ehrfurchtsvoll

reverent [ˈrɛv/ər/ənt] adj → riverente

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This more reverent title had previously been forced upon him by

The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

To assume the right to new values--that is the most formidable assumption for a load-bearing and reverent spirit.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

Then quite a group of boys and girls -- playmates of Tom's and Joe's -- came by, and stood looking over the paling fence and talking in reverent tones of how Tom did so-and-so the last time they saw him, and how Joe said this and that small trifle (pregnant with awful prophecy, as they could easily see now

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

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