glorify
Elevate with praise
Glorify means to praise, honor, or elevate something to a position of great importance.
Religious use centers on praising God: glorify the Lord.
More broadly, to glorify is to make something seem more impressive or admirable than it really is: The film glorifies violence.
A glorified thing is given a grander name than it deserves: The "executive suite" was just a glorified closet.
Praise with enthusiasm
- laudTo voice high esteem
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- celebrateHonor through festivity
- commendExpress approval of
applaud · eulogize · honor · salute · tribute · homage · kudos · accolade
Praise with great intensity
- venerateHonor with deep respect
- revereDeeply respect and admire
- sanctifyMake officially holy
- deifyWorship as sacred
canonize · beatify · apotheosize · enshrine · devotion · prayer · piety · holiness
Raise emotionally or physically
- exaltPraise with great intensity
- raiseLift or increase
- dignifyConfer honor upon
- ennobleConfer dignity upon
enhance · promote · aggrandize · heighten · magnify · boost · honor · distinguish
Portray as more appealing
- idealizeRegard as flawless
- mythologizeMake legendary or fabled
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
- overstateRepresent as greater
aggrandize · magnify · amplify · embellish · embroider · gild · varnish · whitewash
extol
Praise with enthusiasm
commend · applaud · eulogize · honor · salute · tribute · homage · kudos · accolade · ovation
exalt
Praise with great intensity
deify · canonize · beatify · apotheosize · enshrine · devotion · prayer · piety · holiness · sacredness
uplift
Raise emotionally or physically
ennoble · enhance · promote · aggrandize · heighten · magnify · boost · honor · distinguish · acclaim
romanticize
Portray as more appealing
- idealizeRegard as flawless
- mythologizeMake legendary or fabled
- exaggerateOverstate beyond truth
overstate · aggrandize · magnify · amplify · embellish · embroider · gild · varnish · whitewash · spin
idolize
Revere to excess
- hero-worshipUncritical excessive admiration
- lionizeTreat as famous
- adoreLove intensely
fawn · flatter · worship · devotee · fanatic · acolyte · disciple · admirer · groupie · sycophant
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- Sacred Languageamen, hallelujah, alleluia, hosanna, holy
- venerationvenerate, revere, reverence, exalt, worship
- worship verbspray, bless, anoint, baptize, consecrate
- rose-tinted thinkingidealize, sugarcoat, embellish, prettify, sentimentalize
- glorious momentsInstances of great splendor
- Glorious RevolutionEngland's 1688 regime change
glorious, glorified, glorifying, inglorious, glorifies, glorification, gloriously, glorifier, glorifiers