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. Paul Yip:

   Every suicide death for us is a very tragic case, we have to deal with them very carefully, not sensationalize them, not try and glorify them, when people feel very helpless they might think if I die I can stir up so much emotion and energy, and give fuel to the( protest) movement itself, that is very tempting.

2. Nikki Haley:

   One more thing they need to do is focus on crime, when you go and say that you’re going to glorify criminals instead of having the backs of law enforcement, don’t be shocked when crime goes up. Don’t be shocked when murders go up. We’ve got to have a Senate that understands that we’ve gotta put law and order back in place.

3. Salleigh Grubbs:

   It wasn't to glorify what happened on January the sixth, i want every single person who had a bad intention, or who did anything wrong on January the sixth, to be to be held accountable for that. But also, I want the people who were being held to be treated justly.

4. 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.

5. African Proverb:

   Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.