- glamorize
-
a) To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
Some movies sometimes glamorize criminal activity by making crimninals seem cool.
Wikipedia foundation.
Some movies sometimes glamorize criminal activity by making crimninals seem cool.
Wikipedia foundation.
glamorize — index embellish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
glamorize — also glamourize, 1901, from GLAMOR (Cf. glamor) + IZE (Cf. ize). Related: Glamorized; glamorizing … Etymology dictionary
glamorize — (Amer.) glam·or·ize || glæmÉ™raɪz v. make glamorous, make attractive (also glamorise) … English contemporary dictionary
glamorize — (also glamorise) ► VERB ▪ make (something) seem glamorous or desirable, especially spuriously so. DERIVATIVES glamorization noun … English terms dictionary
glamorize — ☆ glamorize [glam′ər īz΄ ] vt. glamorized, glamorizing to make glamorous: also sp. glamourize glamorization n … English World dictionary
glamorize — UK [ˈɡlæməraɪz] / US [ˈɡlæməˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms glamorize : present tense I/you/we/they glamorize he/she/it glamorizes present participle glamorizing past tense glamorized past participle glamorized to make someone or something… … English dictionary
glamorize — also glamourize transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1936 1. to look upon or depict as glamorous ; romanticize < the novel glamorizes war > 2. to make glamorous < glamorize the living room > • glamorization … New Collegiate Dictionary
glamorize — glamorization, n. glamorizer, n. /glam euh ruyz /, v.t., glamorized, glamorizing. 1. to make glamorous. 2. to glorify or romanticize: an adventure film that tended to glamorize war. Also, glamourize; esp. Brit., glamourise. [1935 40, Amer.;… … Universalium
glamorize — also ise BrE verb (T) to make something seem more attractive than it really is: a widespread perception that Hollywood movies tend to glamorize war glamorization noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
glamorize — Synonyms and related words: adorn, aggrandize, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, beautify, become one, canonize, crown, decorate, deify, doll up, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, enthrone, exalt, glorify, grace, gussy up, immortalize, lionize, magnify … Moby Thesaurus