verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make or give the appearance of being glamorous. transitive
2. 2
   make glamorous and attractive wordnet
3. 3
   To glorify; to romanticize. transitive

   "Some movies glamorize criminal activity by making criminals seem cool."

4. 4
   interpret romantically wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

adornaggrandizeapotheoseapotheosizebeatifybeautify

Example

More examples

"It's easy to glamorize someone else's death."

Etymology

From glamor + -ize.

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