APOTHEOSIZES Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

apotheosizes

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present tense third-person singular of apotheosize

as in dignifies

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The recognizing states will have to step up, too, by making their security guarantees concrete and by helping shape a Palestinian state that does not threaten its neighbors and dignifies its people by providing functioning institutions and proper services.

— SHIRA EFRON, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025

Definition of dignifies

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At a time when our right to protest is under siege, this sci-fi yarn exalts the way an individual’s conviction can plant seeds of change, leading to a stronger sense of community.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Boyes, too, exalts the elephants like a man possessed.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of exalts

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Counterbalancing him is a young actor cast to play one of the show’s decoys (an excellent Skylar Gisondo), whose guilelessness only magnifies the film’s sense of Hansen as a man constructed entirely out of TV-friendly sheen.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Utilizing the lens of spiritual sense magnifies reality in our thought.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of magnifies

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Peach honors the fruit closely associated with the state, and white represents the dogwood, Georgia's state flower.

— Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The recognition honors Endaya’s more than five decades of pioneering work in feminist and socially engaged art.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of honors

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Companies can set sensible limits while still designing a process that respects the customer’s time and investment.

— Christopher Kiggins, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Jeziorski encourages her buyers to purchase a home in a way that respects the communities that already live there, not just chase the next undervalues.

— Emily Hochberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of respects

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Art can use life without requiring the artist to remain permanently available to anyone who admires the finished work.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways.

— Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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