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GLAMORIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make glamorous and attractive

Example:

This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!

Synonyms:

glamorise; glamorize; glamourise; glamourize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "glamorize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

glamor (alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal))

glamorization (the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Interpret romantically

Example:

Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!

Synonyms:

glamorize; glamourise; romanticise; romanticize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "glamorize" is one way to...):

idealise; idealize (consider or render as ideal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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