| Main Entry: | sanctify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in highest esteem |
Synonyms: |
absolve, anoint, bless, cleanse, consecrate, dedicate, deify, enshrine, glorify, hallow, purify, set apart, worship |
Antonyms: |
desecrate, dishonor, disrespect |
| Main Entry: | sanctified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pure |
Synonyms: |
anointed, blessed, consecrated, deific, divine, hallowed, holy |
| Main Entry: | sanctified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy |
Synonyms: |
blest, consecrated, hallowed, inviolable, sacrosanct, venerated |
| Main Entry: | anoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bless, usually with oil or water |
Synonyms: |
bless, consecrate, daub, embrocate, grease, hallow, rub, sanctify, smear |
| Main Entry: | consecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high religious regard |
Synonyms: |
anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate |
Antonyms: |
deprecate |
| Main Entry: | devote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit one's energies, thoughts |
Synonyms: |
allot, apply, apportion, appropriate, assign, bestow, bless, concern oneself, confide, consecrate, consign, dedicate, donate, enshrine, entrust, give, give away, hallow, hand out, occupy oneself, pledge, present, reserve, sanctify, set apart, vow |
Antonyms: |
misappropriate, misuse, waste |
| Main Entry: | divine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | godlike, perfect |
Synonyms: |
all-powerful, almighty, ambrosial, angelic, anointed, beatific, beautiful, blissful, celestial, consecrated, deific, deistic, eternal, exalted, excellent, glorious, godly, hallowed, heavenly, holy, immaculate, magnificent, marvelous, mystical, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, rapturous, religious, sacramental, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, spiritual, splendid, superhuman, superlative, supernatural, supreme, theistic, transcendent, transcendental, transmundane, unearthly, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | enshrine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold as sacred |
Synonyms: |
apotheosize, bless, cherish, consecrate, dedicate, embalm, exalt, hallow, idolize, preserve, revere, sanctify, treasure |
Antonyms: |
defile, desecrate, disrespect |
| 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: | hallowed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | holy, revered |
Synonyms: |
anointed, beatified, blessed, consecrated, dedicated, divine, enshrined, holy, honored, inviolable, sacred, sacrosanct, sanctified, unprofane |
Antonyms: |
desecrated, irreligious, profane, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified |