Synonyms and Antonyms of glorifying
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
aggrandizing, canonizing, deifying, dignifying, elevating, ennobling, enshrining, enskying, enthroning, exalting, magnifying
boosting, lifting, promoting, raising, upgrading, uplifting
heightening, intensifying
idealizing, romanticizing, sanitizing, sugarcoating
acclaiming, extolling, honoring, lauding, praising
2
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
- let us now glorify the Lord
admiring, honoring, loving, regarding, respecting
apotheosizing, canonizing, dignifying, exalting, lionizing, magnifying
extolling, lauding, praising
delighting, gratifying, pleasing, satisfying
blaspheming, desecrating, profaning, violating
affronting, dishonoring, disrespecting, insulting, offending, outraging, piquing, ridiculing, scorning, slighting
displeasing
defaming, disparaging, libeling (or libelling), maligning, slandering, slurring, smearing
3
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
- fond parents who glorify everything that their precious offspring do
acclaiming, applauding, extolling, lauding, magnifying
commending, complimenting, eulogizing
advancing, advertising, announcing, blaring, blazing, blazoning, boosting, heralding, offering, plugging, promoting, publicizing
asserting, averring, claiming, declaring, laying down, making out, proclaiming, pronouncing
4
to proclaim the glory of
- the hillsides ablaze in red and gold silently glorify New England in the fall
blessing, caroling (or carolling), celebrating, emblazoning, exalting, extolling, hymning, lauding, magnifying, praising, resounding
adoring, belauding, deifying, idolizing, worshipping (also worshiping)
acclaiming, applauding, commending, complimenting, hailing, renowning, saluting
chanting, cheering, eulogizing, rhapsodizing
citing
flattering
cracking up, recommending, touting
blaming, censuring, reprehending, reprobating
criticizing, reproving
admonishing, chiding, keelhauling, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching
castigating, lambasting
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
heroicizing, heroizing
euphemizing, poeticizing, softening, sweetening
adulating, canonizing, deifying, idolizing
aggrandizing, dignifying, ennobling, enshrining, enthroning, magnifying
