different between reverential vs sainted

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???v????n??l/

Adjective

reverential (comparative more reverential, superlative most reverential)

1. Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful.

   Synonym: reverent

   Antonym: irreverential

   • 2012, Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator as Critic (University of Michigan Press, ?ISBN), page 94:

     The reverential tone intensified as this section progressed. When each spectator had purportedly become her mother, she was invited to share her mother's wisdom, prefaced by the words "I always said."

Derived terms

• irreverential
• reverentially
• reverentialness

Anagrams

• interleaver

English

Verb

sainted

1. simple past tense and past participle of saint

Adjective

sainted (comparative more sainted, superlative most sainted)

1. Made a saint; saint-like, reverenced.

   Pope John Paul II, of sainted memory, is a candidate for beatification.

2. Used to mark a beloved person mentioned in conversation as being deceased.

   My sainted mother never had an evening dress.

3. Pious, saintly.
4. Much admired.

Synonyms

• (made a saint): blessed, holy
• (of a deceased person): of blessed memory, late, late lamented

References

• sainted at OneLook Dictionary Search
• sainted in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Danites, Sidetan, Tiendas, destain, detains, instead, nidates, satined, stained, tiendas