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IDOLIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they idolize ... he / she / it idolizes
Past simple: idolized
Past participle: idolized
-ing form: idolizing
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 "idolize" is one way to...):
adore (love intensely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "idolize"):
drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot idolize Sue
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)
idolization (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)
idolization (the act of admiring strongly)
idolizer (a lover blind with admiration and devotion)
