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exalt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of exalt

1 to assign a high status or value to

popular support and media hype have exalted Super Bowl Sunday to the level of a national holiday

Synonyms of exalt

aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnify

Words Related to exalt

boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift

heighten, intensify

idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat

acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise

Near Antonyms of exalt

belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimize

Antonyms of exalt

abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate

2 to proclaim the glory of

monstrous, gaudy gambling palaces that seem to exalt the very notion of excess

Synonyms of exalt

bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, extol (also extoll), glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, praise, resound

Words Related to exalt

adore, belaud, deify, idolize, worship

acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, renown, salute

chant, cheer, eulogize, rhapsodize

crack up, recommend, tout

Near Antonyms of exalt

blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate

criticize, reprove

admonish, chide, keelhaul, rebuke, reprimand, reproach

castigate, lambaste (or lambast)

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