Antonyms for glorify
ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr-glo·ri·fy

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1. glorify

   Antonyms:
   depress, debase, abuse, censure, degrade, decry, abase, defame

   Synonyms:
   exalt, honor, elevate, laud, praise, signalize, magnify, aggrandize, adore, panegyrize, extol

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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

How to use glorify in a sentence?

1. Nina Silber:

   I also think Effie Lucille Nicholson Pharr's curious that this resolution -- which ostensibly is about honoring the' daughter' -- really seems to be an excuse to glorify the Confederate cause.

2. Chris Murphy:

   A general at DoD was especially worrying under Trump, trump had zero foreign policy experience, a penchant to glorify violence, a total neophyte Secretary of State, and an unstable, war mongering former general as NSA.

3. Saturday KCNA:

   (The graduates of orphan schools) volunteered to work in major worksites for socialist construction out of their will to glorify their youth in the struggle for the prosperity of the country, they finished their school courses under the warm care of the mother Party.

4. Bill McCollum:

   We demand privacy, yet we glorify those that break into computers.

5. Christian Aid:

   We glorify God for answered prayer — the remaining 12 hostages are FREE! join us in praising God that all 17 of our loved ones are now safe.

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