dignify
Lend weight to
To dignify something is to give it dignity or importance, often more than it deserves.
I won't dignify that question with a response implies the question is too absurd or offensive to merit serious engagement.
A dignified manner is calm, composed, and worthy of respect.
To dignify an event is to honor it with one's presence: The mayor dignified the ceremony by attending.
Raise emotionally or physically
- raiseLift or increase
- elevateTo raise upward
- heightenIncrease in degree
- exaltPraise with great intensity
ennoble · aggrandize · magnify · glorify · promote · advance · enhance · empower
Yielding to another's judgment
- regardAttentive consideration given
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- admirationDeep respect felt
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
courtesy · consideration · acknowledgment · recognition · appreciation · veneration · homage · tribute
Offering of respect
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- accoladeExpression of high esteem
- awardHonor given for merit
- medalMetal honor token
distinction · recognition · laurel · commendation · decorum · formality · solemnity · pomp
uplift
Raise emotionally or physically
exalt · ennoble · aggrandize · magnify · glorify · promote · advance · enhance · empower · strengthen
deference
Yielding to another's judgment
- regardAttentive consideration given
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- admirationDeep respect felt
reverence · courtesy · consideration · acknowledgment · recognition · appreciation · veneration · homage · tribute · civility
tribute
Offering of respect
medal · distinction · recognition · laurel · commendation · decorum · formality · solemnity · pomp · reverence
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
lineage · nobility · gentry · patrician · gentleman · lady · hereditary · ancestry · pedigree · blueblood
dignifybelittle
To make something seem unimportant
trivialize · minimize · diminish · depreciate · disparage
- human dignityIntrinsic worth of persons
- loss of dignity
- personal dignityOne's sense of self-worth
- foreign dignitariesOfficial visitors from overseas
- death with dignityRight to end suffering
- foreign dignitary
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