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overworship

overworship noun: excessive worship.

Noun

overworship (uncountable)

  1. Excessive worship.

Verb

overworship (third-person singular simple present overworships, present participle (US) overworshiping or (UK) overworshipping, simple past and past participle (US) overworshiped or (UK) overworshipped)

  1. To worship excessively.

Forms of overworship

third-person singular presentoverworships
present participle USoverworshiping
present participle UKoverworshipping
past participle USoverworshiped
past USoverworshiped
past participle UKoverworshipped
past UKoverworshipped

Origin of overworship

From over- + worship.

Questions about overworship

What does overworship mean?
Overworship means excessive worship.
What part of speech is overworship?
Overworship can be a noun or a verb.

Words near overworship in the dictionary

  1. overworld map
  2. overworld maps
  3. overworlds
  4. overworn
  5. overworry
  6. overworship
  7. overworshiped
  8. overworshiping
  9. overworshipped
  10. overworshipping
  11. overworships

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