glorified

Etymology

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of glorify
    They sang hymns that glorified God.

adj

  1. transformed into something more glorious than it actually is (often used sarcastically)
    The gyroscope is however merely a glorified spinning top […] 1959, Andrew Gray, A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion
    Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation. 1986, Roy Lubove, The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935
    If the captain was only a glorified first aid man as he claimed, the emphasis has to be on the glory he deserved for the way in which he did his job. 2004, Lloyd Manning Wells, From Anzio to the Alps: an American soldier's story

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