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deify

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of deify

1 to love or admire too much

  • materialistic people who deify money
Synonyms of deify

adore, adulate, canonize, dote (on), hero-worship, idolize, worship
Words Related to deify

appreciate, cherish, esteem, prize, treasure, value

fancy, favor, like, prefer

regard

hallow, respect, revere, venerate

approve, endorse (also indorse), support
Near Antonyms of deify

abhor, abominate, despise, detest, disdain, dislike, hate, loathe

belittle, deprecate, disparage, misprize, put down

2 to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power

  • some ancient pagans deified such objects of nature as trees and rivers
Synonyms of deify

adore, glorify, revere, reverence, venerate, worship
Words Related to deify

admire, honor, love, regard, respect

apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnify

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

delight, gratify, please, satisfy
Near Antonyms of deify

blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate

affront, dishonor, disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule, scorn, slight

displease

defame, disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur, smear

3 to assign a high status or value to

  • the sense of entitlement felt by athletes who have been deified all their lives
Synonyms of deify

aggrandize, canonize, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, glorify, magnify
Words Related to deify

boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift

heighten, intensify

idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat

acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise
Near Antonyms of deify

belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize
Antonyms of deify

abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate

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