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glamorize

glamorize verb: to make or give the appearance of being glamorous.

Verb

glamorize (third-person singular simple present glamorizes, present participle glamorizing, simple past and past participle glamorized)

  1. (transitive) To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
  2. (transitive) To glorify; to romanticize.
    • Some movies glamorize criminal activity by making criminals seem cool.

Forms of glamorize

third-person singular presentglamorizes
present participleglamorizing
past participleglamorized
pastglamorized
alternative formglamorise
alternative formglamourise
alternative formglamourize

Origin of glamorize

From glamor + -ize.

Words formed from glamorize

Questions about glamorize

What does glamorize mean?
Glamorize means to make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
What part of speech is glamorize?
Glamorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of glamorize?
The past tense of glamorize is glamorized.

Words near glamorize in the dictionary

  1. glamoriser
  2. glamorises
  3. glamorising
  4. glamorization
  5. glamorizations
  6. glamorize
  7. glamorized
  8. glamorizer
  9. glamorizers
  10. glamorizes
  11. glamorizing

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