glamorize

or glam·our·ize

[ glam-uh-rahyz ]
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verb (used with object),glam·or·ized, glam·or·iz·ing.
  1. to make glamorous.

  2. to glorify or romanticize: an adventure film that tended to glamorize war.

Origin of glamorize

1
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; glamor + -ize
  • Also especially British, glam·our·ise .

Other words from glamorize

  • glam·or·i·za·tion, noun
  • glam·or·iz·er, noun
  • o·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, adjective
  • un·glam·our·ized, adjective

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How to use glamorize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for glamorize

glamorize

glamorise or sometimes US glamourize

/ (ˈɡlæməˌraɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) to cause to be or seem glamorous; romanticize or beautify

Derived forms of glamorize

  • glamorization or glamorisation, noun
  • glamorizer or glamoriser, noun

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