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IDOLISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they idolise ... he / she / it idolises
Past simple: idolised
Past participle: idolised
-ing form: idolising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
Example:
Many teenagers idolized the Beatles
Synonyms:
hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "idolise" is one way to...):
adore (love intensely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "idolise"):
drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
idol (a material effigy that is worshipped)
idol (an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)
idol (someone who is adored blindly and excessively)
idolisation (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)
idolisation (the act of admiring strongly)
