glorify

/'glɔ:rifai/
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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To praise and honor someone or something highly, often making them seem more important or splendid than they are: To speak or write about someone or something in a way that shows great admiration and respect, sometimes excessively.
    • To elevate to a state of glory or ideal perfection: To represent something as perfect or ideal, often in a spiritual or moral context.
    • To make something appear more attractive or impressive than it really is: To describe or depict something in a way that exaggerates its positive qualities.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Some historians glorify past leaders, ignoring their flaws.
    • The artist's painting glorifies the beauty of the natural landscape.
    • The ceremony was held to glorify the achievements of the scientific team.
Advanced Usage
  • "to glorify in": To take great pride or pleasure in something, often openly.
    • He glorifies in his reputation as a rebel.
  • "to glorify oneself": To praise or represent oneself in a highly admirable way.
    • The biography seemed more to glorify the author himself than to tell an honest story.
Variants and Related Words
  • Glorification (n): The action of describing or representing something as admirable, especially unjustifiably.
    • The glorification of war in some films is concerning.
  • Glorious (adj): Deserving great praise, honor, and admiration; having or bringing great beauty or splendor.
    • They celebrated a glorious victory.
Synonyms
  • Exalt: To praise someone or something highly.
  • Extol: To praise enthusiastically.
  • Celebrate: To acknowledge a significant event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity; to honor.
  • Magnify: To extol; to praise highly (archaic or formal in this sense).
Antonyms
  • Vilify: To speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
  • Denigrate: To criticize unfairly; to belittle.
  • Criticize: To indicate the faults of someone or something in a disapproving way.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • "Glorify the past": To remember or describe past events as being much better than they actually were.
    • It's easy to glorify the past and forget the difficulties people faced.
Verb
  1. cause to seem more splendid
    • You are glorifying a rather mediocre building
  2. elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  3. bestow glory upon
    • The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
  4. praise, glorify, or honor
    • extol the virtues of one's children
    • glorify one's spouse's cooking

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