ROMANTICIZE


Meaning of ROMANTICIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ roʊmæntɪsaɪz ]

( romanticizes, romanticizing, romanticized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'romanticise'

If you romanticize someone or something, you think or talk about them in a way which is not at all realistic and which makes them seem better than they really are.

He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present.

VERB : V n

• ro‧man‧ti‧cized

Mr. Lane’s film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets.

ADJ

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