HEROIZE meaning: Glorify someone as a hero - OneLook

Usually means: Glorify someone as a hero.

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heroize: Merriam-Webster
heroize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
heroize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
heroize: Collins English Dictionary
heroize: Wordnik
heroize: Wiktionary
heroize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
heroize: Infoplease Dictionary
heroize: Dictionary.com
heroize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heroize)

▸ verb: (transitive) To make someone into a hero.
▸ verb: (transitive) To treat someone as if they were a hero.

Similar:

heroise, heroicize, heroicise, legendize, lionize, royalize, martyrize, championize, legendise, do someone proud, more...

Types:

deify, glorify, canonize, venerate, more...

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Similar:

heroise, heroicize, heroicise, legendize, lionize, royalize, martyrize, championize, legendise, do someone proud, more...

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deify, glorify, canonize, venerate, more...

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