exalt
exalted; exalting; exalts
You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty.
To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. Overly doting parents exalt their infant to the point where they praise him every time he wets his diaper and call the neighbors over every time he coos.
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praise, glorify, or honor
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raise in rank, character, or status
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heighten or intensify“These paintings exalt the imagination”
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synonyms:
animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate
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encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
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barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
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foster, nurture
help develop, help grow
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hollo
encourage somebody by crying hollo
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buoy, cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate
give encouragement to
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draw out
make more sociable
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bring out
encourage to be less reserved
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goad, spur
give heart or courage to
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fill with sublime emotion
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synonyms:
beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
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type of:
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elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
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elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
exalt / exult
Vocabulary lists containing exalt
In this collection of twelve essays, the leader of New England's transcendentalist movement shares his philosophical ideas on different aspects of mid-nineteenth-century life. Read the full text here.
Following their victory in the "War of the Five Kings," the Lannisters consolidate their power on the Iron Throne. Although the war in the Seven Kingdoms has wound down, new conflicts arise in its bitter aftermath.
This novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Juan de Pareja, the half-African slave of famed painter Diego Velázquez in 17th century Spain.
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