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exalting

/ig-zawlt/US // ɪgˈzɔlt //UK // (ɪɡˈzɔːlt) //

高昂的,高尚的,高扬的,高扬

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate: He was exalted to the position of president.
    • : to praise; extol: to exalt someone to the skies.
    • : to stimulate, as the imagination: The lyrics of Shakespeare exalted the audience.
    • : to intensify, as a color: complementary colors exalt each other.
    • : Obsolete. to elate, as with pride or joy.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbpromote, praise
Antonyms

Examples

  • We like to exalt the boundary-pushers in pop, which is a funny thing to do when we’re talking about feel-good music.

  • I should rejoice to see her passing through a discipline so chastening and exalting.

  • And these judgments upon proud, self-exalting, God-forgetting nations, are not confined to the past.

  • She gave her mind to his voice, following whither it went; half was in air, higher than the swallow's, exalting him.

  • But this exalting influence cannot exist in society without an attractive power in those ladies who compose it.

  • Under a pretence of exalting the dignity, they undermine the very foundations of this House.