glorify | Definition of glorify

1 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 of glorify

aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, magnify

Words Related to glorify

boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift

heighten, intensify

idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat

acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise

Near Antonyms of glorify

belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize

Antonyms of glorify

abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate

2 to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power

let us now glorify the Lord

Synonyms of glorify

adore, deify, revere, reverence, venerate, worship

Words Related to glorify

admire, honor, love, regard, respect

apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnify

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

delight, gratify, please, satisfy

Near Antonyms of glorify

blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate

affront, dishonor, disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule, scorn, slight

displease

defame, disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur, smear

3 to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do

Synonyms of glorify

ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, tout, trumpet, tub-thump

Words Related to glorify

acclaim, applaud, extol (also extoll), laud, magnify

commend, compliment, eulogize

advance, advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize

assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce

4 to proclaim the glory of

the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall

Synonyms of glorify

bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), hymn, laud, magnify, praise, resound

Words Related to glorify

adore, belaud, deify, idolize, worship

acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, renown, salute

chant, cheer, eulogize, rhapsodize

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flatter

crack up, recommend, tout

Near Antonyms of glorify

blame, censure, reprehend,

Synonyms and Antonyms of glorify

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