hero-worship
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol - Many teenagers idolized the Beatles • Syn: idolize, idolise, worship, revere • Derivationally related forms: reverent (for: revere), reverence (for: revere), worship (for: worship), worshiper (for: worship), worshipper (for: worship), idolisation (for: idolise), idol (for: idolise), idolization (for: idolize), idolizer (for: idolize), idol (for: idolize) • Hypernyms: adore • Hyponyms: drool over, slobber over • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Sam cannot hero-worship Sue
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