glorify

verb

glo·ri·fy | \ˈglȯr-ə-ˌfī

glorified; glorifying

Definition of glorify

transitive verb

1a : to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration

b : to elevate to celestial glory

2 : to light up brilliantly Chandeliers glorified the entire room.

3a : to represent as glorious : extol a song glorifying romantic love

b : to cause to be or seem to be better than the actual condition the new position is just a glorified version of the old stockroom job

4 : to give glory to (as in worship)

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Other Words from glorify

glorification \ ˌglȯr-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən

\ noun

glorifier \ ˈglȯr-ə-ˌfī(-ə)r

\ noun

Examples of glorify in a Sentence

Glorify and give thanks to God. 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

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Sauntering through the streets of Noho this afternoon, Hadid appeared to have walked fresh off Alexander Wang's Fall 2018 runway, which glorified the nine-to-five corporate world of busy, shoulder pad-wearing women. — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, "Bella Hadid Rules the Street in Alexander Wang's $35 Claw Clip," 12 Sep. 2018 But don't expect to see any of the Nazi propaganda that glorifies a tyrant. — Fox News, "John Bolton on Maduro 'assassination' attempt, Russian election meddling," 5 Aug. 2018 Last December, 12 rappers from the collective La Insurgencia were fined, sentenced to more than two years in prison each, and banned from working in the public sector for lyrics the court ruled glorified the violent anti-capitalist group GRAPO. — Judy Cantor-navas, Billboard, "Amnesty International Report Warns of Increasing Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Spain," 13 Mar. 2018 Instead, this tattoo is undoubtedly glorifying guns, and as such the 23-year-old must be demonised. — SI.com, "Sane Humans Hit Back on Twitter as Ridiculous Gammons Call Out Raheem Sterling for Having a Tattoo," 29 May 2018 It gets glorified more lately because of the volume of threes that are being taken, and because some of the teams that have been winning are built like that. — Bob Ford, Philly.com, "Sixers need to find positionless players to position themselves for future | Bob Ford," 21 May 2018 For decades, utopian designers and populist dreamers have glorified prefabricated housing. — Julie Lasky, New York Times, "Prefab Finds a Home in Fire-Ravaged Neighborhoods of California," 5 Mar. 2018 Kudos remains equivocal about freedom; Cusk knows better than to glorify taking a hammer to your life. — Jordan Larson, The Cut, "Rachel Cusk’s Rules for Living," 25 June 2018 The work was commissioned to glorify the reign of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (1592-1666). — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, "Souvenirs of a Prince’s Passage to India," 18 May 2018

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