glorifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɡlɔː.rɪ.faɪ/us/ˈɡlɔːr.ə.faɪ/to praise and honour God or a person:
There are 99 prayer beads - one for each way Allah can be glorified in the Koran.
A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
to describe or represent something in a way that makes it seem better or more important than it really is:
I didn't like the way the film glorified war/violence.
informal The limousine was really just a glorified taxi.
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Praising and applauding
- a pat on the back idiom
- acclaim
- acclamation
- accolade
- adulate
- cheer
- exalt
- extol
- felicitations
- fete
- full marks to sb idiom
- lay
- pat
- praise
- recognize
- rhapsody
- round of applause idiom
- shout-out
- sing
- sing the praises of sb/sth idiom
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Showing respect and admiration
glorification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɡlɔː.rɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɡlɔːr.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
He criticized the entertainment industry for the glorification of violence.
Cathedrals are built for the glorification of God.