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(rev-er-en-tial) 4 syllables

Definition

adjective. showing deep respect and honor for something.

Example Sentence

His tone was reverential when he spoke about his grandmother.

More Example Sentences

Her tone was reverential when speaking of him.

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Rhymes

  • hentschel
  • henschel

  • credential
  • essential
  • potential
  • prudential
  • sequential
  • tangential
  • torrential
  • credential
  • essential
  • potential
  • prudential
  • torrential

  • confidential
  • consequential
  • deferential
  • differential
  • existential
  • exponential
  • influential
  • nonessential
  • preferential
  • presidential
  • providential
  • quintessential
  • residential
  • reverential
  • confidential
  • deferential
  • differential
  • existential
  • exponential
  • preferential
  • presidential
  • quintessential
  • reverential

  • inconsequential
  • jurisprudential
  • nonresidential
  • vice-presidential
  • experiential
  • jurisprudential
  • nonresidential
  • vice-presidential
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