Synonyms of romanticizing

romanticizing

verb

present participle of romanticize

as in idealizing

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

he romanticized what life in a small town would be like, only to be later disappointed when reality intruded

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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