IDOLIZE


Meaning of IDOLIZE in English

i ‧ dol ‧ ize BrE AmE ( also idolise British English ) /ˈaɪd ə l-aɪz/ verb [transitive]

to admire and love someone so much that you think they are perfect:

They had one child, a girl whom they idolized.

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THESAURUS

▪ admire to like someone because they have achieved something special, or they have skills or qualities that you would like to have:

I admire your courage.

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She admired him for the way he dealt with the situation.

▪ respect to have a good opinion of someone, even if you do not agree with them, for example because they have achieved a lot or have high standards:

She is respected by all her colleagues at the university.

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She’s an actor who is not prepared to compromise, and her audience loves and respects her for that.

▪ revere /rɪˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/ formal to greatly admire someone because of their achievements and personal qualities, especially someone famous:

Mandela is revered as one of the great leaders of our time.

▪ look up to somebody to admire someone who is older or who has more experience than you:

All the young comedians look up to him.

▪ think highly of somebody to think that someone is good at what they do:

His teachers seem to think very highly of him.

▪ idolize to admire someone so much that you think they are perfect – used especially about famous people or people in your family:

He idolized his brother.

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Jane grew up idolizing Princess Diana.

▪ hero-worship to admire someone a lot and want to be like them – often used when this seems unreasonable or extreme:

She hero-worshipped John to such an extent that she was blind to his faults.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.