ROMANTICIZE

romanticize

(verb) act in a romantic way

romanticize, romanticise

(verb) make romantic in style; “The designer romanticized the little black dress”

romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise

(verb) interpret romantically; “Don’t romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)

(transitive) To interpret or view something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.

(intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.

Source: Wiktionary



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