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romanticizes

romanticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of romanticize.

Meaning of romanticize

Verb

romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)

  1. (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
    • While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 47
    Synonyms:
    glamorize
  2. (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.

Questions about romanticizes

What is romanticizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Romanticizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of romanticize.

Words near romanticizes in the dictionary

  1. romanticizations
  2. romanticize
  3. romanticized
  4. romanticizer
  5. romanticizers
  6. romanticizes
  7. romanticizing
  8. romanticizings
  9. romantick
  10. romanticks
  11. romanticly

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