as in adored
to love or admire too much
she blindly idolized her older sister, refusing to acknowledge any of her faults
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Recent Examples of idolized
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said that the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman, appeared to have idolized many of the mass shooters who had gone before them.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Fein had long idolized the legendary producer and creator of the Wall of Sound.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2025
Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Fein had long idolized the legendary producer and creator of the Wall of Sound.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idolized
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He is adored, and for good reason.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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All three dogs are totally adored, and their owner even set up a dedicated TikTok account, @yorkiefamily3, to share updates on their day-to-day lives.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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Yahoo News reports that Berenice II had a remarkable life, becoming a queen worshipped like a goddess.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Aug. 2025
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All are brought together with the objective of showing Cade Bambara’s singular life while maintaining her humanity and never reducing her to worshipped legend status.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Idolized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idolized. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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