Thesaurus
glorify
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of GLORIFY
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to assign a high status or value to <a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world>
Synonyms aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify
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to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively <fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do>
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to proclaim the glory of <the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall>
Synonyms bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, resound
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to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant <don't let the job title “team spirit coordinator” fool you—he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader>
Related Words heroicize, heroize; euphemize, poeticize, soften, sweeten; adulate, canonize, deify, idolize; aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, magnify
Antonyms deglamorize
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