What does hallowed mean?
Word: Hallowed
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Hallowed means holy, or so deeply respected that people treat it as special, such as hallowed ground.
Synonyms: holy, respected
Antonyms: unholy
How do you spell hallowed?
Syllables: hal - lowed
Tricky part: It is easy to mix up with hollowed (made empty inside), which has an o after the h. Hallowed has an a there.
Watch out for: halowed, hollowd
Memory tip: Hallowed is the a word and hollowed is the o word: a as in adored, o as in opened up inside.
Hallowed in a sentence
Example 1: Visitors walk quietly across the hallowed grounds of the old university.
Example 2: For cricket fans, the old stadium is a hallowed place full of memories.
Example 3: The grandfather spoke of the hallowed traditions of his village fair.
Fun Fact
Hallowed comes from the Old English word halgian, which shares an old root with the words whole and healthy.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
hallowed
a) secret
b) ordinary
c) crowded
d) sacred
Show answer
d) sacred. Something hallowed is sacred; secret only looks a little like it.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) heritage
b) monument
c) historic
d) hallowd
Show answer
d) hallowd. The word ends in ed, just as allowed does.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
wlodlhae
a) wallowed
b) allowed
c) hallowed
d) hollowed
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c) hallowed. Hollowed needs a second o, and allowed and wallowed have no h, so all eight letters spell hallowed.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
hallowwed
a) o
b) e
c) l
d) w
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d) w. Only one w comes before the ed ending.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would people call hallowed?
a) a school car park
b) the house where a great poet was born
c) a new shopping mall
d) a busy railway platform
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b) the house where a great poet was born
2. Calling the old school library hallowed means that people ____.
a) find it too dark to read in
b) treat it with deep respect
c) want it pulled down soon
d) rarely remember it is there
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b) treat it with deep respect
