glorify
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glorify
- /ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glōrificō, from Latin glōria + -ficō (“to make”). By surface analysis, glory + -fy. Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.
verb glorifies · glorifying · glorified
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To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
Similar: exalt, transfigure, mythify · Opposite: criticize, demean, vilify
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To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.
Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.
Opposite: deify, flatter, idolize, mythify, promote, avile, blacken, slander, vilify, assassinate, asperse, backbite
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To worship or extol.
Opposite: adore, revere, exalt, glorify, praise, worship, disdain, renounce, vilify
Similar: aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend, cry up, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, idolize, laud, lionize, magnify, panegyrize, praise, puff, revere, speak well of, transfigure, venerate, worthy · Opposite: criticize, defame, demean, slander, villify
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: exalt, extol, laud, proclaim, celebrate, beautify, prettify, bless, embellish, whitewash, swim, beglory, magnify, praise, transfigure, glamorize
Translations
Every language
verb to exalt, or give glory or praise to something or someone
| Español | glorificar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 褒める homeru |
| Français | glorifier |
| Deutsch | verherrlichen |
| Italiano | glorificare |
| Ελληνικά | δοξάζω doxázo |
| Русский | прославля́ть proslavljátʹ, просла́вить proslávitʹ, восхваля́ть vosxvaljátʹ, восхвали́ть vosxvalítʹ |
verb to make something appear to be more glorious than it is
| Español | glorificar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 美化する bika suru |
| Deutsch | glorifizieren, verklären |
| Română | glorifica |
| Русский | превозноси́ть prevoznosítʹ, превознести́ prevoznestí |
verb to worship or extol
| Deutsch | anbeten |
|---|---|
| Русский | боготвори́ть bogotvorítʹ, поклоня́ться poklonjátʹsja |
Talk about this word "glorify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/glorify. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. glorify. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/glorify "glorify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/glorify.Cite this
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title = {glorify},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glorify},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
