Glorify and Minimize

Glorify

Glorify verb - To assign a high status or value to.
Usage example: a number of big names were recruited in the hopes that their presence would glorify the university's school of medicine in the eyes of the medical world

Minimize is an antonym for glorify.

Minimize

Minimize verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Usage example: sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory

Glorify is an antonym for minimize.

Common collocations

use glorify use minimize use
crimes glorify crimes minimize crimes
Cite this Source
Minimize and Glorify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/glorify/minimize
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