| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | praise |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, bless, boost, build up, celebrate, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, hike, honor, hymn, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, put on a pedestal, put up, sing the praises of |
Antonyms: |
castigate, condemn, criticize, debase, degrade |
| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adore, idolize |
Synonyms: |
adorn, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, erect, exalt, halo*, honor, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, pay homage to, raise, revere, sanctify, transfigure, uprear, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
humiliate, lower, mock, shame |
| Main Entry: | admire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high regard |
Synonyms: |
adore, applaud, appreciate, approve, be crazy about, be crazy for, be crazy over, be mad about, be nuts about, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, commend, credit, delight in, esteem, eulogize, extol, fall for, get high on, glorify, go for, groove on, hail, hold in respect, honor, idolize, laud, look up to, marvel at, moon over, pay homage to, praise, prize, rate highly, respect, revere, take pleasure in, think highly of, treasure, value, venerate, wonder at, worship |
Antonyms: |
abhor, condemn, despise, detest, dislike, execrate, hate, scorn |
| Main Entry: | adore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | love intensely |
Synonyms: |
admire, be crazy about, be gone on, be mad for, be nuts about, be serious about, be smitten with, be stuck on, be sweet on, be wild about, cherish, delight in, dig*, dote on, esteem, exalt, fall for, flip over, glorify, go for, honor, idolize, prize, revere, reverence, treasure, venerate, worship |
Antonyms: |
abhor, condemn, despise, detest, hate |
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jack up, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise |
Antonyms: |
belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
| Main Entry: | applaud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clap for; express approval |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, approve, boost, cheer, commend, compliment, encourage, eulogize, extol, give a hand, give ovation, glorify, hail, hear it for, kudize, laud, magnify, plug, praise, rave, recommend, root* |
Antonyms: |
keep silent |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify |
Synonyms: |
absolve, anoint, baptize, beatify, canonize, commend, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, enshrine, eulogize, exalt, extol, give thanks to, glorify, hallow, honor, invoke benefits, invoke happiness, laud, magnify, make holy, offer, offer benediction, ordain, panegyrize, praise, pray for, pronounce holy, sacrifice, sign, sprinkle, thank |
Antonyms: |
condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, bestow |
Synonyms: |
celebrate, endow, favor, give, glorify, grace, laud, magnify, praise, provide |
Antonyms: |
deny, disallow, disapprove, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | canonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify; idolize |
Synonyms: |
apotheosize, beatify, besaint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, deify, glorify, idolatrize, love, put on a pedestal, saint, worship |
| Main Entry: | celebrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commemorate occasion, achievement |
Synonyms: |
beat the drum, bless, blow off steam, carouse, ceremonialize, commend, consecrate, dedicate, drink to, eulogize, exalt, extol, feast, fete, glorify, hallow, have a ball, honor, jubilate, keep, kick up one's heels, laud, let loose, lionize, live it up, make merry, make whoopee, mark with a red letter, memorialize, observe, paint the town red, party*, perform, praise, proclaim, publicize, raise hell, rejoice, revel, revere, ritualize, signalize, solemnize |
Antonyms: |
disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |