glorify
verb
1 their prime purpose is to glorify God:
give praise to, praise, extol, exalt, laud, worship, revere, reverence, venerate, pay homage/tribute to, honor, adore, thank, give thanks to, bless;
archaic magnify.
2 a poem written to glorify the memory of those men killed in the war | a football video glorifying violence:
ennoble, exalt, elevate, lift up, add dignity to, dignify, add luster to, add distinction to, enhance, increase, augment, promote, boost;
praise, sing/sound the praises of, celebrate, honor, extol, laud, eulogize, hymn, lionize, acclaim, applaud, hail;
glamorize, aggrandize, idealize, romanticize, put on a pedestal, enshrine, apotheosize, canonize, immortalize;
British, informal big up;
dated cry up;
rare emblazon, panegyrize, heroize.
▷antonyms dishonor, vilify.