Synonyms and Antonyms of 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
aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, exalt, magnify
boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, uplift
heighten, intensify
idealize, romanticize, sanitize, sugarcoat
acclaim, extol (also extoll), honor, laud, praise
2
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
- let us now glorify the Lord
admire, honor, love, regard, respect
apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, lionize, magnify
extol (also extoll), laud, praise
delight, gratify, please, satisfy
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
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
bless, carol, celebrate, emblazon, exalt, extol (also extoll), hymn, laud, magnify, praise, resound
adore, belaud, deify, idolize, worship
acclaim, applaud, commend, compliment, hail, renown, salute
chant, cheer, eulogize, rhapsodize
cite
flatter
crack up, recommend, tout
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
heroicize, heroize
euphemize, poeticize, soften, sweeten
adulate, canonize, deify, idolize
aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, magnify
