glorify

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de louer, honorer ou présenter quelque chose sous un jour meilleur ou plus important qu'il ne l'est en réalité.

A verb used to indicate the act of praising, honoring, or making something seem better or more important than it is.

1. B2formal

   To praise or honor someone or something highly, often in a religious or respectful context.

   Glorifier, honorer

   • The choir sang hymns to glorify God.
   • The biography glorifies the achievements of the scientist.
   • They glorified the hero's bravery in battle.

   Synonymescelebrateeulogizeexaltextolhonorlaudmagnifypraise

   Antonymescondemncriticizedefamedegradedenigratedisparageinsultvilify

2. Make seem betterB2formal

   To make something appear more attractive, important, or admirable than it really is.

   Enjoliver

   • The movie glorifies violence and crime.
   • Some advertisements glorify unrealistic beauty standards.
   • He tends to glorify his past experiences.

   Synonymesaggrandizeembellishexaltidealizemagnifyvarnishwhitewash

   Antonymesbelittledegradedemeandenigratedisparage