to romanticize
5
6.9
- verb
- /rəˈmæntɪˌsaɪz/
:
romantizar
- She often romanticizes her childhood memories, forgetting the challenges she encountered.
- highly romanticized
- romanticized notion
- romanticized image
And in the narrative of the film it almost, let's say, romanticizes his dissent to madness and violence.
- And in the narrative of the film it almost, let's say, romanticizes his dissent to madness and violence.
- And, you know, I romanticize the idea of even just being able to have a few jokes that are as good as that man's of his style.
- Yeah, it's I think it's kind of that it's romanticized, but not glamorous.
- It was so he romanticized the kids cooking in the restaurant so well, his writing is great.
Examples
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And, you know, there is this romanticized version of the life of an author, right?
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Many films romanticize the struggles of artists, ignoring the hardships they face.
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So again, way before modern cinema to romanticize it, this was a play that was turned into a novel that was turned into a movie.
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Ask women who have actually lived it instead of your romanticized ideas of love and sex.
Blog text (10) -
Like a child, she romanticizes it.
Fiction book (1994) -
This beautiful statue is a romanticized representation of slavery.
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Keyframe: Many of the films that are situated in the '70s really romanticize this period.
Blog text (18) -
The Romans had this romanticized notion that said that good soldiers made good farmers, which of course is nonsense.
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People who live in industrialized countries have a romanticized view of rural living in undeveloped countries.
Blog text (7) -
The audience sings along with Sai Mao's lyrics, which romanticize the Shan ethnic group, its foods, and its beautiful, cool, mountainous homeland.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
12
5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
10
6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
9
3.2
To make a place or person more attractive by adding decorations like paint
8
6.4
Make something look less natural by showing it in a simple, fixed way
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
5.0
Make something look more attractive, often only on the surface
1
6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
To make something express strong feelings to affect people
Show or talk about feelings in a way that is too emotional
To make something sound like a poem or more beautiful than it really is
To make something look more beautiful or artistic
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
How Romanticized
2
6.9
- US
12
5.8
5
6.9
10
6.3
226
1.9
27
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Romanticize comes from romantic, which means 'connected to love, feeling, or beauty', so to romanticize a place or thing is to give it a soft, sentimental style as if it belonged in a love story or fairy tale.