glorifying
Lifting up reverently
Glorifying is praising or honoring something, often to an excessive or inappropriate degree.
The word frequently carries a negative connotation—glorifying violence, glorifying war—suggesting the praise is undeserved or harmful.
To glorify can also mean to make something appear more splendid than it is: The job title was just a glorified secretary.
Praising with enthusiasm
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- acclaimingPublicly praising with enthusiasm
- applaudingExpressing approval vocally
- commendingExpressing approval or admiration
celebrating · eulogizing · complimenting · honoring · saluting · cheering · congratulating · toasting
Declaring someone a god
- worshippingExpressing religious devotion
- sanctifyingMaking sacred or holy
- veneratingRegarding with deep respect
- reveringRegarding with deep respect
beatifying · canonizing · idolizing · adulating · enshrining · consecrating · divinizing · exalting
Enhancing perceived power
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
- ennoblingConferring dignity or honor
- lionizingTreating as famous
- immortalizingMaking lastingly remembered
dignifying · transfiguring · uplifting · raising · amplifying · inflating · enhancing · promoting
Portraying as more appealing
- glamorizingMaking appear desirable
- mythologizingMaking legendary or sacred
- embellishingAdding decorative details
- exaggeratingOverstating for effect
beautifying · whitewashing · sanitizing · sentimentalizing · rose-tinting · sugarcoating · airbrushing · varnishing
extolling
Praising with enthusiasm
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- acclaimingPublicly praising with enthusiasm
- applaudingExpressing approval vocally
commending · celebrating · eulogizing · complimenting · honoring · saluting · cheering · congratulating · toasting · hailing
deifying
Declaring someone a god
- worshippingExpressing religious devotion
- sanctifyingMaking sacred or holy
- veneratingRegarding with deep respect
revering · beatifying · canonizing · idolizing · adulating · enshrining · consecrating · divinizing · exalting · hallowing
aggrandizing
Enhancing perceived power
- magnifyingIncreasing perceived size
- ennoblingConferring dignity or honor
- lionizingTreating as famous
immortalizing · dignifying · transfiguring · uplifting · raising · amplifying · inflating · enhancing · promoting · boosting
romanticizing
Portraying as more appealing
- glamorizingMaking appear desirable
- mythologizingMaking legendary or sacred
- embellishingAdding decorative details
exaggerating · beautifying · whitewashing · sanitizing · sentimentalizing · rose-tinting · sugarcoating · airbrushing · varnishing · spinning
- positive regardadmiration, appreciation, esteem, respect, regard
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
- glorificationexalting, exaltation, idolizing, idealizing, idealization
- devotiondevotion, adoration, reverence, devotions, piety
- obsessionsobsession, fixation, monomania, preoccupation, mania
glorifyingcondemning
Expressing severe disapproval
damning · denouncing · vilifying · excoriating · censuring
glorifyingdebasing
Lowering in quality
degrading · dishonoring · demeaning · humiliating · disgracing
glorifyingdownplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
minimizing · trivializing · belittling · diminishing · underplaying
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