All haloing synonyms
haΒ·lo
H h verb haloing
- circumscribe β If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- adore β If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
- surround β to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- hem in β to fold back and sew down the edge of (cloth, a garment, etc.); form an edge or border on or around.
- glorify β to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- magnify β to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- dignify β to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- laud β to praise; extol.
- revere β to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.
- invest β to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- girdle β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- band β A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
- circuit β An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
- compass β A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
- circle β A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
- ring β a male given name.
- wreathe β to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath.
- inclose β enclose.
- bless β When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- acclaim β If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- applaud β When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- worship β reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- commend β If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
- apotheosize β to deify
- upgrade β an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- aggrandize β To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
- distinguish β to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- transfigure β to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- idolize β to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
- boost β If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- sublime β elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- illuminate β to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).
- venerate β to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
- immortalize β to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- canonize β If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
- beatify β When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
- augment β To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
- sanctify β to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- deify β If someone is deified, they are considered to be a god or are regarded with very great respect.
- adorn β If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
- cincture β something that encircles or surrounds, esp a belt, girdle, or border
- halo β Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- begird β to surround; gird around
- build up β If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.