仰ぎょう視し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

looking up to; revering

Rare literary word for looking up to someone with respect or admiration. In modern Japanese, 尊敬する or 見上げる are far more common.

• 古こ典てんでは、師しを仰ぎょう視しする姿し勢せいが美び徳とくとされた。

  In classical literature, an attitude of revering one's teacher was considered a virtue.

• 彼かれは英えい雄ゆうを仰ぎょう視しするあまり、現げん実じつが見みえなくなった。

  He revered the hero so much that he lost sight of reality.