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to assign a high status or value to <the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind> Synonyms aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, exalt, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnifyRelated Words boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift; heighten, intensify; idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat; acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praiseNear Antonyms belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimizeAntonyms abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate