Antonyms for glorify

Grammar : Verb

Spell : glawr-uh-fahy, glohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈglɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈgloʊr-

Definition of glorify

Origin : mid-14c., from Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificare "to glorify," from Latin gloria (see glory) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Glorified; glorifying.

verb praise
verb adore, idolize

Example sentences :

We intend to glorify the love of danger, the custom of energy, the strengt of daring.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

No saga will ever glorify their deeds, no epic make them immortal.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

You cannot glorify God more than by publishing good-will to one another.
Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness

To glorify labor and decry wealth is to multiply absurdities.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

The book has been written neither to aid the Abolitionist nor glorify the planter.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

Only one part of her promise had she 197kept faithfully—to “Glorify work.”
Extract from : « The Torch Bearer » by I. T. Thurston

As we have seen, that purpose is above everything to glorify the Word of God.
Extract from : « To My Younger Brethren » by Handley C. G. Moule

But there was one opinion which He noticed only to sanction, to sanctify, to glorify.
Extract from : « To My Younger Brethren » by Handley C. G. Moule

I can ask no happier lot for them than that by death they may glorify God.
Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware

Their feeling was,—Well, let them be done, if that be the best way I can glorify God.
Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt

Synonyms for glorify

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