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[glam-uh-rahyz]

glam·or·ize

[glam-uh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), -ized, -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), -ized, -iz·ing.
o·ver·glam·our·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
un·glam·or·ized, adjective
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un·glam·our·ized, adjective
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glamorize, glamorise or glamourize (ˈɡlæməˌraɪz)
 
vb
(tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify
 
glamorise, glamorise or glamourize
 
vb
 
glamourize, glamorise or glamourize
 
vb
 
glamori'zation, glamorise or glamourize
 
n
 
glamori'sation, glamorise or glamourize
 
n
 
'glamorizer, glamorise or glamourize
 
n
 
'glamoriser, glamorise or glamourize
 
n

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