(~s, romanticizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'romanticise'
If you ~ 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 ~d the past as he became disillusioned with his present.
VERB: V n
~d
Mr. Lane’s film takes a highly ~d view of life on the streets.
ADJ