Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bless |
| Synonyms: | consecrate, deify, exalt, glorify, sanctify |
| Antonyms: | condemn, curse, damn |
| Main Entry: | canonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sanctify; idolize |
| Synonyms: | apotheosize, beatify, besaint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, deify, glorify, idolatrize, love, put on a pedestal, saint, worship |
| Main Entry: | consecrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in high religious regard |
| Synonyms: | anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, devote, exalt, hallow, honor, ordain, sanctify, set apart, venerate |
| Antonyms: | deprecate |
| Main Entry: | glorify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adore, idolize |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aggrandize, apotheosize, augment, beatify, bless, canonize, deify, dignify, distinguish, elevate, enhance, ennoble, enshrine, erect, exalt, halo*, honor, illuminate, immortalize, lift up, magnify, pay homage to, raise, revere, sanctify, transfigure, uprear, venerate, worship |
| Antonyms: | humiliate, lower, mock, shame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hallow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consecrate |
| Synonyms: | anoint, beatify, bless, dedicate, praise, sanctify |
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