apotheosized

past tense of apotheosize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for apotheosized
Verb
  • Weeping delights in the exalted, the sublime, the magnificent — a symphony, a vista, megafauna, even a brilliant dissertation.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • While knowledge has been exalted by artists, poets, philosophers and scientists, dictatorships have been opposed not only by great humanists but also by science itself.
    Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In certain circles, the book was canonized.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • All saints get their own day of celebration and remembrance, and this year marks the first one for Acutis, who was canonized by Pope Leo XIV earlier this year — the first such ceremony to be performed by the new pope.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mothers are both revered and sort of ignored in society.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • His small discography is revered among fans, critics and fellow musicians.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On Sunday, he was lionized as a Christian martyr and patriot committed to free expression and challenging liberal orthodoxy.
    Fortune, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Conservatives memorialize Kirk as 'martyr' and 'warrior' Kirk was lionized by several speakers as a modern-day martyr, many using the word in the context of his Christian faith.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For all their differences in background, temperament, and approaches to art, Matisse and Picasso both venerated Cézanne, Delacroix, Manet, and van Gogh.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The site is retired from active worship but still venerated.
    Jack Tydeman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After losing her home in a California wildfire, Timoner exposes inequities magnified by disaster.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In fact this negative perception is likely magnified depending on the status of the relationship.
    Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sanskrit speakers worshipped Dyaus Pitr, or Sky Father.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hermes Trismegistus was the god of the occult and magic, worshipped by the ancient Greeks in the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Apotheosized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apotheosized. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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