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Past tense of romanticize

regular verb

The past tense of romanticize is romanticized. The past participle is also romanticized.

Forms of romanticize

Base form (V1)romanticize /rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪsaɪz/
Past tense (V2)romanticized
Past participle (V3)romanticized
Present participleromanticizing
Third person singularromanticizes

Romanticized in a sentence

  • Yet, a romanticized ‘Barneyesque’ view of play remains primary, that play is a nicety, a simple extra.2023, Anna Beresin, Julia Bishop, “Conclusion: Covid in a Play Frame”, in Anna Beresin, Julia Bishop, editors, Play in a Covid Frame…. From the entry Barneyesque
  • “I know youʼve got this romanticized version of her in your head, but sheʼs got her flaws.”2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 254. From the entry romanticized
  • Both Avengerland and Curtisland are firmly rooted in an idealized, romanticized version of contemporary Britain.2015, Dominic Sandbrook, The Great British Dream Factory, Penguin, published 2016, page 74. From the entry Curtisland
  • Yet Both has not entirely romanticized Italy into fabledom.1999, Wendy Beckett, Patricia Wright, Sister Wendy's one thousand masterpieces. From the entry fabledom
  • During her childhood she was a romanticized Katherine, dressed by her misty-eyed, fussy mother in dresses that looked like ruffled pillowcases.1991, Margaret Atwood, Wilderness Tips, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry Katherine

Meaning of romanticize

  1. verb To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
  2. verb To think or act in a romantic manner.

Full definition of romanticize

Questions about the past tense of romanticize

What is the past tense of romanticize?
The past tense of romanticize is romanticized.
What is the past participle of romanticize?
The past participle of romanticize is romanticized.
Is romanticize a regular or irregular verb?
Romanticize is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: romanticize (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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