Deify and Desecrate

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Deify verb - To offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power.

Usage example: some ancient pagans deified such objects of nature as trees and rivers

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Desecrate is an antonym for deify.

Nearby Words: deification, deity, deified, deifying

Desecrate verb - To treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect.

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Deify is an antonym for desecrate.

Nearby Words: desecration, desecrating

deify character

desecrate character

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Desecrate and Deify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deify/desecrate

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