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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