Antonyms for reverent
ˈrɛv ər ənt, ˈrɛv rəntrev·er·ent

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1. reverentadjective

   feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

   "maintained a reverent silence"

   Antonyms:
   irreverent, awless, disrespectful, profane, sacrilegious, impious, aweless, blasphemous

   Synonyms:
   worshipful, godly

2. godly, reverent, worshipfuladjective

   showing great reverence for god

   "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"

   Antonyms:
   profane, awless, aweless, disrespectful, blasphemous, impious, sacrilegious, irreverent

   Synonyms:
   divine, worshipful, adoring, godly

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1. reverentadjective

   Synonyms:
   reverential, humble

How to use reverent in a sentence?

1. Lesley Gordon:

   Many of the survivors made a point of insisting when anyone in their regiment died they provided a reverent burial.

2. William Schaffner:

   Don't go. Be reverent at home.

3. Murray N. Rothbard:

   It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright.

4. Thomas Bailey Aldrich:

   To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.

5. Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk:

   When a man makes a reverent face before a face that is no face — that is idol worship.

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