| 单词 | glorify |
| 释义 | glorify (once / 713 pages) v To glorify is to praise or honor something or someone to an extreme degree. If you like someone, you might compliment or praise them, but glorifying takes that a step further. When something is glorified, it is praised to the highest degree possible. It seems right that great people like Martin Luther King and Gandhi are glorified. It can seem odd when athletes are glorified just for playing a game. Often this word is used in a negative sense. For example, a movie with lots of explosions could be said "to glorify violence." WORD FAMILYglorify: glorification, glorified, glorifies, glorifying+/glorification: glorifications/glorious: gloriousest, gloriously, inglorious/glory: gloried, glories, glorify, glorious, glorying/inglorious: ingloriously USAGE EXAMPLESThe exhibits, divided into seven critical days in the decade, do not attempt to glorify that time or its protagonists. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) “In class we never talked about the 4th of June, freedom or human rights, and instead put the focus on glorifying Chinese history.” The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) More than glorifying or condemning violence, the image simply inures us to these daily horrors. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1v praise, glorify, or honor glorify one's spouse's cooking Syn|Hypo|Hyper exalt, extol, laud, proclaim canonise, canonize treat as a sacred person enskyexalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise crack uprhapsodize about hymnpraise by singing a hymn praise express approval of 2v bestow glory upon The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v cause to seem more splendid You are glorifying a rather mediocre building Hyper aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad add details to 4v elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration Syn|Hyper spiritualize, transfigure alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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