Synonyms of idealizing

idealizing

verb

present participle of idealize

as in glamourizing

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

he had a tendency to idealize his heroes and believe they could do no wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glamourizing
• romanticizing
• idolizing
• glamorizing
• softening
• heroicizing
• glorifying
• poeticizing
• canonizing
• glamouring (up)
• sweetening
• dignifying
• deifying
• enshrining
• euphemizing
• ennobling
• heroizing
• aggrandizing
• enthroning
• adulating
• magnifying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimizing
• denigrating
• belittling
• disparaging
• decrying
• deprecating
• deglamorizing
• putting down