glam·or·ize

[glam-uh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), glam·or·ized, glam·or·iz·ing.
1.
to make glamorous.
2.
to glorify or romanticize: an adventure film that tended to glamorize war.
Also, glam·our·ize;, especially British, glam·our·ise.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; glamor + -ize

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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glamorize, glamorise or glamourize (ˈɡlæməˌraɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify
 
glamorise, glamorise or glamourize
 
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glamourize, glamorise or glamourize
 
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glamori'zation, glamorise or glamourize
 
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glamori'sation, glamorise or glamourize
 
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'glamorizer, glamorise or glamourize
 
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'glamoriser, glamorise or glamourize
 
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Example sentences
Many of these sites popularize and glamorize drug use, and others implicitly
  promote use and experimentation.
Movies often glamorize smoking, or make it seem normal, but don't show the
  health risks.
Partisans demand that magazine portraits glamorize their heroes for the same
  reason my friend hired a professional photographer.
Don't do it near your neighbor, and don't endorse movies that glamorize it.
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