revered

American

[ri-veerd] / rɪˈvɪərd /

adjective

held in high regard tinged with awe; venerated.

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

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of revere.

Other Word Forms

unrevered adjective

Etymology

Origin of revered

revere ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The era of treating engagement metrics as the revered measures of a platform’s success, with utter disregard for users’ well-being, is over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Huerta is also a revered and beloved figure in the farmworkers movement with many schools and streets named in her honour - although not nearly as many as Cesar Chavez.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

AFP journalists at the scene saw the damage just a few hundred metres from Jerusalem's revered holy sites of Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

For his farm labor activism and civil rights work, Chavez became a revered figure in the agricultural and Latino communities.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

A generation later these silly, ignorant ladies would be long dead and still revered at High Table and spoken of in lowered voices.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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