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glamorize

verb
variants: also glamourize

Synonyms and Antonyms of glamorize

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

  • most people glamorize fame, not thinking of the lack of privacy that accompanies it
Synonyms of glamorize

glamour (up), glorify, idealize, romanticize
Words Related to glamorize

heroicize, heroize

euphemize, poeticize, soften, sweeten

adulate, canonize, deify, idolize

aggrandize, dignify, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, magnify
Near Antonyms of glamorize

belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, disparage, minimize, put down
Antonyms of glamorize

deglamorize

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