romanticize
verb/rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/
/rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/
(British English also romanticise)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they romanticize | /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/ /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it romanticizes | /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzɪz/ /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple romanticized | /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzd/ /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzd/ |
| past participle romanticized | /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzd/ /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form romanticizing | /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzɪŋ/ /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- romanticize (something) to make something seem more attractive or interesting than it really is
- romanticizing the past
- a romanticized picture of parenthood
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