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Adjective: glorified  'glo-ru,fId
  1. [informal] Used to suggest something is less impressive than its name implies
    "The job was just a glorified data entry position"
     
  2. Exalted to celestial glory
    "The glorified saints in heaven"
Verb: glorify  'glo-ru,fI
  1. Praise, glorify, or honour
    "glorify one's spouse's cooking";
    - laud, extol, exalt, proclaim
     
  2. Bestow glory upon
    "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
     
  3. Cause to seem more splendid
    "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"
     
  4. Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
    "The artist glorified the ordinary scene into something sublime";
    - transfigure, spiritualize, spiritualise [Brit]

Type of: aggrandise [Brit], aggrandize, alter, change, dramatise [Brit], dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, modify, pad, praise

Encyclopedia: Glorified