glorify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
praise, glorify, or honor
extol the virtues of one's children
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- apotheosis derivation
- glorification derivation
- resplendence derivation
- praise derivation
- laudator derivation
- glorification derivation
- laudatory derivation
- applaudable derivation
Sense 2 verb
bestow glory upon
The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- resplendence derivation
- glorification derivation
Sense 3 verb
elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- transfiguration derivation
- Transfiguration of Jesus derivation
- Transfiguration derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to seem more splendid
You are glorifying a rather mediocre building
Types & categories
- pad hypernym
Related & opposite
- idealization derivation
- resplendence derivation
- glorification derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apotheosis |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glorification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | resplendence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | praise |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laudator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glorification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laudatory |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | applaudable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | praise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canonise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ensky |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hymn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | resplendence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glorification |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | transfiguration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Transfiguration of Jesus |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | Transfiguration |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | idealization |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | resplendence |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | glorification |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pad |