to glamourize
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- verb
- /ˈɡlæmərˌaɪz/
- UK
:
glamorizar
- Many magazines tend to glamourize unhealthy beauty standards, influencing how people see themselves.
Examples
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Advertisers often glamourize products to make them seem more appealing to consumers.
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His Apprentice show further promotes and glamourizes that lying, cheating, fighting, and name-calling get you ahead in business.
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The film aims to glamourize the lives of celebrities, showing only their luxurious lifestyles.
Synonyms
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To make a person or thing seem better and more important than they really are
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Make something seem more attractive and ideal than it really is
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5.8
To think someone or something is more perfect than they really are
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Make something look better than it really is
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4.3
Make something seem more important or impressive than it is
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Make something or someone look fancier by adding decorations
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4.3
Make people and places look nicer by dressing up, adding decorations, or using makeup
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To make something seem more important by adding details or exaggerating
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To dress or decorate in a fancy way to look nicer
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To make something seem more exciting or attractive than it really is
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Make yourself or someone more stylish using clothes and makeup
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Make something look more attractive, often only on the surface
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To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
To make someone or something look stylish and attractive with makeup and clothes
Make something look more stylish and attractive
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
To make something look better than it is to trick people
To make something look bright but not really valuable
To make something look more beautiful or artistic
To make something sound like a poem or more beautiful than it really is
To dress someone or make them act in a showy, fashionable way
Antonyms
How Glamorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
glamourize = glamour (transparent) = glamour + ize
Formed by the productive English verb-forming suffix '-ize' added to the noun 'glamour', meaning 'to make or render glamorous', which is straightforward for learners.
Etymology
Glamourize comes from glamour, which once meant 'magic' or 'enchantment', and the ending -ize means 'to make'. So, to glamourize something is to make it look magical or more attractive than it really is.