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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 .
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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, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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