Glorifying

Synonyms for "glorifying" (31 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(6 words)

adoration adore adulation adulatory devotion devotional

Verb(1 words)

aggrandize

Strong matches (9)

Noun(9 words)

eulogize exalt exaltation exaltatory exalting extol glamorize glamorizing glamourizing

Related words (15)

Noun(14 words)

glorification hagiographic heroizing idealize laud laudatory lionizing praise praising romanticize romanticizing valorize worship worshipful

Verb(1 words)

idealizing

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries

act behavior devotionevaluative descriptorevaluative rhetoricpersuasive languagepietypositive depictionpositive descriptorpractice praisereligious descriptorreligious devotionreligious practiceritualsacralizing descriptor

More specific

20 entries

adoration devotion eulogize exaltation extol glamorizeglorifying hymnsglorifying psalmshagiographic depictionheroizing portrayalidealizeidealized descriptionlaud praise praisingpropagandistic rhetoric

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Collocations

15 entries

glorifying actsglorifying authorityglorifying criminalsglorifying depictionglorifying descriptionglorifying discourseglorifying heroesglorifying imageglorifying languageglorifying memoryglorifying narrativesglorifying portrayalglorifying rhetoricglorifying violenceglorifying war

Inflections

4 entries

glorified glorifiesmore glorifyingmost glorifying

Derivations

5 entries

glorification glorified glorifier glorify glorifyingly

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This glorifying language elides the horrors of war.

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