to poeticize
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7.6
- verb
- /poʊˈɛtɪˌsaɪz/
- Literature
- She decided to poeticize her feelings about the sunset by writing a beautiful poem that captures its vibrant colors.
Examples
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There is a way, Dena thinks, aware that she is poeticizing, that Shelley's body looks inevitable, unchangeable, animal.
Fiction book (1992) -
Roth would praise its script as "poeticized vernacular" and the "high demotic poetry that was the liturgy of World War II."
Academic text (2011) -
Saramago shifts to a metaphysical inspection of this concrete premise, poeticizing its implications on both a microscopic and cosmological scale.
Blog text (13) -
To cast the femme poete in these terms did not threaten the cultural identification of a woman's psychology with her reproductive biology, a linkage that kept even a poeticizing woman in her domestic space nurturing the social order.
Academic text (2000) -
The artist has a unique ability to poeticize everyday moments, turning simple experiences into profound reflections.
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In his latest novel, he attempts to poeticize the struggles of the characters, making their hardships seem more beautiful.
Synonyms
12
5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
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6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
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5.0
Make something look more attractive, often only on the surface
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7.5
To make something look more beautiful or artistic
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8.4
To write something so it reads like a poem
1
7.7
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
Antonyms
How Poetic
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6.9
- Literature
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7.6
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6.1
∞
1.0
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1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Poeticize comes from poetic ('like poetry') and the ending -ize ('to make'). So, to poeticize something is to make it like a poem, to make it seem more beautiful or moving than it really is.