worshippy

comparative more worshippy · superlative most worshippy

1. informalDisplaying 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

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   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 weight.

   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. "You're way too down on yourself, she replies, glancing at me in the mirror. […]"

   2015, Seth Fishman, The Well's End, page 18

2. slangCharacteristic of worship, especially religious, spiritual, or church worship

   It was a slow, worshippy song. Shara relaxed as she listened to the lyrics.

   2010, Sherri L. Lewis, Dance Into Destiny

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   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

   Everyone was so earnest and worshippy: closing eyes to see things I couldn't see, raising hands to a God I did not feel. When the title of the sermon flashed on the projection screen, I couldn't breathe.

   2016, Reba Riley, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome