Synonyms of glorifies

glorifies

verb

present tense third-person singular of glorify

1

as in elevates

to assign a high status or value to

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• elevates
• promotes
• exalts
• dignifies
• deifies
• ennobles
• lifts
• enshrines
• aggrandizes
• magnifies
• canonizes
• enthrones
• praises
• honors
• uplifts
• raises
• boosts
• heightens
• upgrades
• romanticizes
• idealizes
• intensifies
• enskies
• extols
• lauds
• sanitizes
• acclaims
• sugarcoats

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• degrades
• demeans
• humiliates
• humbles
• minimizes
• detracts
• decries
• disparages
• belittles
• depreciates
• abases

2

as in venerates

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

let us now glorify the Lord

Synonyms & Similar Words

• venerates
• worships
• reveres
• reverences
• honors
• admires
• praises
• deifies
• adores
• loves
• respects
• exalts
• dignifies
• extols
• regards
• pleases
• lauds
• lionizes
• magnifies
• canonizes
• delights
• gratifies
• satisfies
• apotheosizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• violates
• ridicules
• blasphemes
• scorns
• dishonors
• offends
• insults
• desecrates
• outrages
• affronts
• profanes
• displeases
• disparages
• piques
• disrespects
• slights
• smears
• slanders
• defames
• slurs
• maligns
• libels

3

as in advertises

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively

fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advertises
• announces
• promotes
• acclaims
• commends
• touts
• extols
• trumpets
• lauds
• applauds
• cracks up
• offers
• proclaims
• cries up
• eulogizes
• blows up
• tub-thumps
• ballyhoos
• magnifies
• pronounces
• publicizes
• compliments
• declares
• blares
• asserts
• claims
• heralds
• avers
• boosts
• blazes
• plugs
• blazons
• advances
• lays down
• makes out

4

as in celebrates

to proclaim the glory of

the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrates
• praises
• blesses
• exalts
• extols
• lauds
• hymns
• worships
• applauds
• salutes
• resounds
• magnifies
• idolizes
• commends
• emblazons
• hails
• cheers
• deifies
• carols
• cites
• eulogizes
• acclaims
• compliments
• chants
• rhapsodizes
• adores
• recommends
• flatters
• belauds
• renowns
• touts
• cracks up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blames
• criticizes
• censures
• reproves
• reprobates
• admonishes
• chides
• rebukes
• reprehends
• reproaches
• reprimands
• castigates
• lambastes
• keelhauls

5

as in idealizes

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

don't let the job title "team spirit coordinator" fool you—he's nothing more than a glorified college cheerleader

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idealizes
• glamorizes
• idolizes
• romanticizes
• softens
• heroicizes
• canonizes
• glamours (up)
• sweetens
• dignifies
• poeticizes
• ennobles
• enshrines
• deifies
• enthrones
• aggrandizes
• heroizes
• magnifies
• euphemizes
• adulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizes
• denigrates
• decries
• disparages
• belittles
• deprecates
• deglamorizes
• puts down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glorifies

The report claims that Hezbollah gives child fighters heroes’ funerals and publicly glorifies them before their peers in order to encourage other children to follow in their footsteps. — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

Focused on protein loading and very little else, the social media trend, especially popular among Gen Z men, glorifies eating a bowl of tasteless mush. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2026

The intelligence reports warn that 764 and its many offshoots have expanded into a transnational, online network that glorifies violence and tries to coerce people, often minors, to hurt themselves or others. — Curt Devine, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026

Mindfulness takes that preliminary and glorifies it into the be-all and end-all. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026

Sharp Objects uses a murder mystery to excavate the rot at the core of a Missouri town whose mythology glorifies the Confederacy. — Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026

Early-stage business culture often glorifies polish. — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

Non-meat mains are… fine… but this joint glorifies the carnivorous lifestyle. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025

Our culture often glorifies doing more, but rest is just as vital. — Kelly Mickle, SELF, 29 Dec. 2025