SOLEMNIZING Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

solemnizing

verb

present participle of solemnize

as in honoring

formal to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony The priest solemnized their marriage.

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Flags will line roadsides and fairgrounds, including a display of 2,977 flags in Parkville and a candlelight walk of 343 flags in Arbutus honoring the FDNY firefighters who died.

— The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026
Serbia is a candidate nation for European Union membership and has faced strong criticism for honoring Mladic after his death.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of honoring

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But yesterday, the group defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his approval.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026

Definition of consecrating

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The shifting movie landscape Cinema operators, studios and analysts are celebrating the strong summer, citing a return to pre-pandemic normalcy, but industry dynamics have shifted.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Coach will be celebrating its 85th anniversary with a party right after its show at Pier 36.

— Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of celebrating

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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Jimmy Fallon has been blessing the New York Knicks with good humor for decades.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

Definition of blessing

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Carlson praising a member of the Democratic Party is more threatening to Vance than Carlson praising an apologist for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
The video of the confrontation has drawn more than 64,000 likes, with many commenters praising Opperman as a small-town hero.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of praising

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To say that the Union was sacred and the touchstone of democracy was to strengthen slavery by sanctifying the state that protected it.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026
But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.

— John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of sanctifying

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But many believe the work of commemorating the burial site is not finished.

— Victoria Davies, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
Zelensky expected on official visit to neighboring Moldova Zelensky was due to visit neighboring Moldova on Thursday to mark its national day commemorating its 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of commemorating

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