ROMANTICIZE meaning: Idealize reality, often excessively so

We found 21 dictionaries that define the word romanticize:

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romanticize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
romanticize: Merriam-Webster
romanticize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
romanticize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
romanticize: Collins English Dictionary
romanticize: Vocabulary.com
romanticize: Wordnik
romanticize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
romanticize: Wiktionary
romanticize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
romanticize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
romanticize: Infoplease Dictionary
romanticize: Dictionary.com
romanticize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
romanticize: Rhymezone
romanticize: FreeDictionary.org
romanticize: Mnemonic Dictionary
romanticize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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romanticize: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb: (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.

Opposite:

realistic, unromantic

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