Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb beatify
3 senses of beatify
Sense 1
exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify -- (fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success")
=> elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate -- (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits")
Sense 2
beatify -- (make blessedly happy)
=> elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate -- (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits")
Sense 3
beatify -- (declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican")
=> declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent")
Antonyms of adj beatified
1 sense of beatified
Sense 1
beatified, blessed -- (Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration)
INDIRECT (VIA holy) -> unholy, unhallowed -- (not hallowed or consecrated)
Similarity of adj beatified
1 sense of beatified
Sense 1
beatified, blessed -- (Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration)
=> holy (vs. unholy) -- (belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power)