- respectful, reverential, venerating - feeling or manifesting veneration
Antonym: irreverent (indirect, via reverent)
- reverence, fear, revere, venerate - regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
--1 is one way to respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun veneration1, noun venerator1
Sam cannot venerate Sue