glorify
verb (used with object)
to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
unglorified
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a word derived from
glorify.
Example Sentences
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An unglorified 7.5-point underdog from Fort Worth had snared leads of 21-3 and 41-22.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2022
Classes were sometimes left unmonitored or combined with others into large groups of unglorified study halls.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2022
“You look at it, that’s the most unglorified position in sport,” Jones said.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2014
Even though Affleck is the main character, he remains wholly unglorified.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2010
Kathleen, the white-armed, the gentle-bosomed, had all the simple pleasures, the tendernesses, the poetry of motherhood; while poor, faded, fretful Lillie had all the prose—the sad, hard, weary prose—of sickness and pain, unglorified by love.
From Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
