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lionize

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lionize

to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person

She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of lionize

apotheosize, canonize, dignify, exalt, magnify

adore, deify, glorify, revere, reverence, venerate, worship

admire, honor, love, regard, respect

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of lionize

blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate

affront, dishonor, disrespect, insult, offend, outrage, pique, ridicule, scorn, slight

defame, disparage, libel, malign, slander, slur, smear

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