worshippy
worshippy adjective: displaying great deference or fawning; worshipful.
Adjective
worshippy (comparative more worshippy, superlative most worshippy)
- Displaying great deference or fawning; worshipful
- Dylan, with his weirdly worshippy gaze, looking after me—my stomach would flip-flop and send a funny taste up to my mouth.2007, Beth Mayall, Mermaid Park
- Jamie shoved the captain harder than necessary, and he stumbled and fell. Discovering himself upon the ground, he wrapped his arms about his head and rested in the dirt, his backside hiked in the air. Looked like Lawrence of Arabia doing some worshippy Arab thing. Jamie waited. He shifted his...2015, Tracy Groot, Maggie Bright
- Characteristic of worship, especially religious, spiritual, or church worship
- Church of England churches are hardly known for their riotous parties every Sunday but at least the congregation has a quiet chitchat before it's time to get all worshippy. And in he came.2005, S J Smith, Joe Public
- It was a slow, worshippy song. Shara relaxed as she listened to the lyrics.2010, Sherri L. Lewis, Dance Into Destiny
Examples of worshippy in a sentence
- Looked like Lawrence of Arabia doing some worshippy Arab thing.2015, Tracy Groot, Maggie Bright:
- "I still don't get how your hair looks that good after all the chlorine" I say, recognizing that I sound a smidge worshippy and glad she doesn't take advantage of it.2015, Seth Fishman, The Well's End, page 18:
- Everyone was so earnest and worshippy: closing eyes to see things I couldn't see, raising hands to a God I did not feel.2016, Reba Riley, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome:
Forms of worshippy
| comparative | more worshippy |
|---|---|
| superlative | most worshippy |
Origin of worshippy
From worship + -y.
Questions about worshippy
- What does worshippy mean?
- Worshippy means displaying great deference or fawning; worshipful.
- How do you use worshippy in a sentence?
- Looked like Lawrence of Arabia doing some worshippy Arab thing.
- What part of speech is worshippy?
- Worshippy is an adjective.
Words near worshippy in the dictionary
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