to romanticize
23
6.7
- verb
- /roʊˈmæntɪˌsaɪz/
- US
:
romantizar
- Many people make the mistake of romanticizing historical events, overlooking their harsh realities.
- romanticized past
- romanticized view
- romanticized notion
Many people make the mistake of romanticizing intensity.
- Many people make the mistake of romanticizing intensity.
- All of these, you know, people romanticize now about marriage.
- Do you think people romanticize being a blocked writer?
- This guy is is Al Capone and we've romanticized Al Capone.
- Maybe you have kind of a little bit romanticized memories of your last relationship.
- I know that you romanticize people who die young and their legacy.
- We don't sufficiently, I don't think, romanticize cherishing in healthy relationships.
- I was very careful in not going into romanticized regret after hearing that line.
- Even the bad times are romanticized, and they're not fucking romantic.
- So let's not romanticize Benji and, you know, just call him innocent.
- They want to have these experiences that I think we all deeply romanticize.
- Like there's something in me that romanticizes being OK with it all falling down.
- Remember, always your strategy matters and now more than ever, your ability to stop romanticizing rules.
Examples
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I mean, there is too much romanticizing the past just in general.
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Many people make the mistake of romanticizing intensity.
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All of these, you know, people romanticize now about marriage.
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I know that you romanticize people who die young and their legacy.
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It's easy either to romanticize her or to push her aside.
Fiction book (2001) -
It's my old neighborhood, and forgive me if I tend to romanticize the past.
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I was thinking, for me it's better I don't romanticize things as much anymore.
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But I don't think we should romanticize what happened between you and her.
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In time, I understood that I romanticized the miners in ways their children could not.
Fiction book (2000) -
I think you're romanticizing it a little, which is perfectly natural.
Synonyms
19
5.0
Make something unpleasant seem nicer than it is
14
5.8
To think someone or something is more perfect than they really are
12
5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
12
2.9
Make something look better than it really is
3
6.9
To make something seem more exciting or attractive than it really is
2
6.9
Make something seem more emotional or romantic than it really is
1
6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
To make something seem more sentimental or fake than it really is
To make something look better than it is to trick people
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
Antonyms
4
7.0
A feeling of disappointment when you learn that something you believed is not true
How Romanticized
3
7.7
14
5.8
2
6.9
- US
23
6.7
19
6.1
182
3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Romanticize comes from romance, which means a 'love or adventure story', so to romanticize something is to treat it like a story and make it seem more beautiful or exciting than it really is.