English

Verb

glorified

1. simple past tense and past participle of glorify

   They sang hymns that glorified God.

Adjective

glorified ‎(comparative more glorified, superlative most glorified)

1. transformed into something glorious (often used sarcastically)
   • 1959 Andrew Gray, "A treatise on gyrostatics and rotational motion"

     The gyroscope is however merely a glorified spinning top ...

   • 1986 Roy Lubove, "The Struggle for Social Security, 1900-1935"

     Voluntary thrift, embodied in industrial insurance, nurtured character, but social insurance was merely a glorified form of poor law legislation.

   • 2004 Lloyd Manning Wells, "From Anzio to the Alps: an American soldier's story"

     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.