revered

[ri-veerd]

adjective

1. held in high regard tinged with awe; venerated.

   Many of our most revered heroes were actually outlaws or rebels, fighting for a cause.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of revere.

Other Word Forms

• unrevered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of revered¹

revere ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

She’s also become a pop-cultural style icon, revered for the way she wore Mexican folk dress and braided her hair.

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Easley, one of the most revered players in school history, died Friday from unspecified causes, the school announced.

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Instead they revered problems of commerce as “the grandest effort of the human intellect.”

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"I've leaned over the fence… and just pinched the crown jewel - their most revered book - and taken it down the pub."

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Whitten’s work may also go overlooked because, on top of working primarily in costume design rather than in the more revered world of fashion, Whitten was based in Los Angeles.

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