glorified

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)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 […]”

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

   “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.”