glorify

1 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 aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, magnifyRelated Words boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift; heighten, intensify; idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat; acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praiseNear Antonyms belittle, decry, depreciate, detract, disparage, minimizeAntonyms abase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate

2 to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power let us now glorify the Lord Synonyms adore, deify, worship, revere, reverence, venerateRelated Words admire, honor, love, regard, respect; apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnify; extol (also extoll), laud, praise; delight, gratify, please, satisfyNear Antonyms blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate; affront, dishonor, disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule, scorn, slight; displease; defame, disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur, smear

3 to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do Synonyms ballyhoo, blow up, crack up, cry up, tout, trumpet, tub-thumpRelated Words acclaim, applaud, extol (also extoll), laud, magnify; commend, compliment, eulogize; advance, advertise, announce, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, herald, offer, plug, promote, publicize; assert, aver, claim, declare, lay down, make out, proclaim, pronounce

4 to proclaim the glory of the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall Synonyms bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), praise, hymn, laud, magnify, resoundRelated Words adore, belaud, deify, idolize, worship; acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, renown, salute; chant, cheer, eulogize, rhapsodize; cite; flatter; crack up, recommend, toutNear Antonyms blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate; criticize, reprove; admonish, chide, keelhaul, rebuke, reprimand, reproach; castigate, lambaste (or lambast)

5 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 glamorize (also glamourize), glamour (up), idealize, romanticizeRelated Words heroicize, heroize; euphemize, poeticize, soften, sweeten; adulate, canonize, deify, idolize; aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, magnifyNear Antonyms belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, disparage, minimize, put downAntonyms deglamorize