The meaning of REVERENT is expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful. How to use reverent in a sentence.

When you have great awe and respect for someone or something, and you show it by respectfully worshiping that person, thing, deity, or musical group, you are being reverent.

They banned any disciple from speaking to her, and allowed very few select disciples to care for her in a highly reverent, if sterile, manner.

They weren't reverent enough towards the work, he thought, to want to live clean, sober, disciplined lives in respectful awe of what they were doing. From The Atlantic We felt there …

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Synonyms for REVERENT: respectful, worshipful, reverential, pious, holy, devout, religious, prayerful; Antonyms of REVERENT: irreverent, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, insolent, rude, discourteous, uncivil

If you describe someone's behaviour as reverent, you mean that they are showing great respect for a person or thing. ...the reverent hush of a rapt audience. Ellen looks almost reverent.

Definition of reverent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

reverent - feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"

What does the adjective reverent mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective reverent , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.