GLAMORIZE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

glamorize

verb

ˈgla-mə-ˌrīz

variants also glamourize

as in to idealize

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

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Recent Examples of glamorize Warfare Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare is an admirable attempt to counter the truism that there’s no such thing as an anti-war movie — that all war movies, however gruesome or wrenching, effectively (and often unwittingly) wind up glamorizing combat to some degree. —

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Social media often glamorizes pregnancy, but Llamas didn’t want to shy away from the complications. —

Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025 Despite challenges like blisteringly cold temperatures and ceaseless wind gusts, don’t be deterred—something fluffy effortlessly glamorizes winter dressing (and keeps us from freezing solid). —

Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2025 Critics have accused Hoover of glamorizing abuse with her novel, which was originally published in 2016. —

Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glamorize

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Many love songs idealize; here, John Prine and Iris DeMent sweetly rattle off a list of each other’s endearing imperfections.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
The characters are mostly idealized, the action is predictable, and its core conflicts derivative of those in the minds of most American teenagers in the middle of the 20th century.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026