Synonyms for glorify
ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr-glo·ri·fy

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1. glorify

   Synonyms:
   exalt, honor, elevate, laud, praise, signalize, magnify, aggrandize, adore, panegyrize, extol

   Antonyms:
   depress, debase, abuse, censure, degrade, decry, abase, defame

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1. laud, extol, exalt, glorify, proclaimverb

   praise, glorify, or honor

   "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

   Synonyms:
   enliven, laud, invigorate, proclaim, thrill, transfigure, predicate, exalt, tickle pink, animate, exclaim, promulgate, inspire, exhilarate, inebriate, spiritualize, extol, beatify

2. glorifyverb

   bestow glory upon

   "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"

   Synonyms:
   transfigure, laud, extol, spiritualize, proclaim, exalt

3. transfigure, glorify, spiritualizeverb

   elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

   Synonyms:
   metamorphose, spiritualize, proclaim, laud, spiritualise, extol, transmogrify, transfigure, exalt

4. glorifyverb

   cause to seem more splendid

   "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

   Synonyms:
   transfigure, laud, extol, spiritualize, proclaim, exalt

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1. glorifyverb

   Synonyms:
   extol, magnify, bless, honor greatly, praise highly, give glory to

2. glorifyverb

   Synonyms:
   brighten, make bright, add lustre to

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1. List of paraphrases for "glorify":

   beautify

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1. Selena Gomez:

   It's not something where I'm like, let me glorify what I do in the bedroom. But I think I have a very healthy perspective on my sexuality, it's part of being an adult, and I'm still figuring out how to be one of those, too.

2. W. Edward Brown:

   The artist has one function--to affirm and glorify life.

3. Ken Jacobson:

   We understand there is a market for war memorabilia and that serious collectors are interested in items like this, while we don’t have an issue with Nazi-era automobiles like this going up for auction, we would not want to see the vehicle winding up in the hands of someone who would use it to glorify Hitler or the deeds of the Nazis. Ideally, we would prefer to see it housed in a museum, so that it could be understood in its proper context.

4. Elie Wiesel:

   That is my major preoccupation --memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

5. Elizabeth Báthory:

   God, if you exist behind the Holy Scriptures then you have abandoned me. In war hundreds are killed and tortured and they are left there to rot and feed the vultures. And yet, we glorify our warriors. We give them laurel wreaths and honors. But all I get is torment, I cannot be humiliated this way. Give me an illness that will kill me fast. I cannot do it myself, I must go to heaven. Amen.