reverent

From Middle French révérent, from Old French [Term?], from Latin reverens.

• (UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹənt/, /ˈɹɛv.ɹənt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹev.ə.ɹənt/, /ˈɹev.ɹənt/

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reverent (comparative more reverent, superlative most reverent)

1. Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful.

   Synonym: reverential

   Antonyms: irreverent, unreverent

   • 1903, Mark Twain, A New Crime, Library of Alexandria, →ISBN:

     Hackett was a vain, wealthy, violent gentleman, who held his blood and family in high esteem, and believed that a reverent respect was due to his great riches.

• reverently
• reverentness
• unreverent

• irreverent
• revere
• reverence
• reverential

Borrowed from Latin reverentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βəˈɾen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vəˈɾent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [re.veˈɾent]

reverent m or f (masculine and feminine plural reverents)

1. reverent

   Synonym: reverencial

   Antonym: irreverent

• reverentment

• irreverent
• reverència
• reverir

• “reverent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reverent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “reverent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reverent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.