ennoble

ennoble

verb

Definition of ENNOBLE

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, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify

Related Words boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift; heighten, intensify; idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat; acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise

Near Antonyms belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize

Antonyms abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate