romanticizing
romanticizing is the present participle and gerund of romanticize.
Meaning of romanticize
Verb
romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)
- 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
- To think or act in a romantic manner.
Noun
romanticizing (plural romanticizings)
- The act of one who romanticizes; a making romantic.
Forms of romanticizing
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | romanticising |
| Noun | |
| plural | romanticizings |
Questions about romanticizing
- What does romanticizing mean?
- Romanticizing means the act of one who romanticizes; a making romantic.
- What is romanticizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Romanticizing is the present participle and gerund of romanticize.
- What part of speech is romanticizing?
- Romanticizing is a noun.
- What is the plural of romanticizing?
- The plural of romanticizing is romanticizings.
Words near romanticizing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: romanticizing (page history and authors); romanticize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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