glamorize

or glam·our·ize

[ glam-uh-rahyz ]

/ ˈglæm əˌraɪz /

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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.

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Also especially British, glam·our·ise .

Origin of glamorize

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; glamor + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM glamorize

glam·or·i·za·tion, nounglam·or·iz·er, nouno·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, adjectiveun·glam·our·ized, adjective

Words nearby glamorize

glaive, glam, Glåma, Glamis Castle, Glamorgan, glamorize, glamorous, glamour, glamour boy, glamour girl, glamour puss

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How to use glamorize in a sentence

It took living in a place where work is glamorized and rest is discouraged for me to appreciate casariyo.
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We have, in a very real sense, over-glamorized the food that we eat.
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To some, the film was just a glamorized portrayal of “thug life” and an inaccurate characterization of young men growing up in the hood.
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Our whole culture glamorizes the grind, the hard work so when something like a global pandemic comes along and we are left with nothing but our unemployed selves and the distorted world of social media, it is easy to feel like we are inadequate.
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Tom leads us from the rough tough 1970s through the rise of yuppies and yuppified, glamorized outer boroughs, the birth of hip hop and Bloomberg terminals, and the international super-luxury Manhattan of today.
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“I just wanted to make it realistic and not glamorize life,” she said.
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As Joe, Gainsbourg makes no effort to glamorize the truth, but she makes all the effort to honor the truth.
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I strongly believe that the show does not glamorize teen pregnancy.
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And the human mind always seems to magnify the present difficulties, and glamorize the possible future.
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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, nounglamorizer or glamoriser, noun

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glamorize

or glam·our·ize

Origin of glamorize

OTHER WORDS FROM glamorize

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How to use glamorize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for glamorize

glamorise or sometimes US glamourize

Derived forms of glamorize