idolize
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
to worship as a god.
to practice idolatry: to idolize as did ancient Greece and Rome.
Origin of idolize
1- Also especially British, i·dol·ise .
Other words for idolize
1 | adore, treasure, worship, dote upon |
Other words from idolize
- i·dol·i·za·tion, noun
- i·dol·iz·er, noun
- self-i·dol·ized, adjective
- self-i·dol·iz·ing, adjective
- un·i·dol·ized, adjective
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How to use idolize in a sentence
And yet, although we know it to be a mere delusion, we all idealise and idolise our childhood.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarAll my intelligence and being have turned to spirit, to idolise you.
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo | Louis GuimbaudThe children idolise him, and so indeed does the whole neighbourhood.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensFred had been married ten months, and appeared to idolise his wife.
Original Penny Readings | George Manville FennBefore it grew too hot, they took me out to see the barracks and a ramshackle old fieldpiece which they seemed to idolise.
Oriental Encounters | Marmaduke Pickthall
British Dictionary definitions for idolize
idolise
/ (ˈaɪdəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to admire or revere greatly
(tr) to worship as an idol
(intr) to worship idols
Derived forms of idolize
- idolism, idolization or idolisation, noun
- idolist, idolizer or idoliser, noun
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