glamorize
or glam·our·ize
[ glam-uh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object),glam·or·ized, glam·or·iz·ing.
to make glamorous.
to glorify or romanticize: an adventure film that tended to glamorize war.
Origin of glamorize
1- Also especially British, glam·our·ise .
Other words from glamorize
- glam·or·i·za·tion, noun
- glam·or·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·glam·or·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·glam·or·ized, o·ver·glam·or·iz·ing.
- o·ver·glam·our·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·glam·our·ized, o·ver·glam·our·iz·ing.
- un·glam·or·ized, adjective
- un·glam·our·ized, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for glamorize
glamorize
glamorise or sometimes US glamourize
/ (ˈɡlæməˌraɪz) /
verb
(tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify
Derived forms of glamorize
- glamorization or glamorisation, noun
- glamorizer or glamoriser, noun
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