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Definition of Glamorize
1. Verb. Interpret romantically. "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!"
Generic synonyms: Idealise, Idealize
Derivative terms: Romanticisation, Romanticization
2. Verb. Make glamorous and attractive. "This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Glamorisation, Glamor, Glamorization, Glamour, Glamourisation, Glamourization
Definition of Glamorize
1. Verb. To make or give the appearance of being ''glamorous''. ¹
2. Verb. To glorify; to romanticize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glamorize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glamorize
Literary usage of Glamorize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Here to Armageddon: I Am Ashter by Ashtas (1990)
"The person of that leader may take on a heightened importance for these seekers,
and they might “glamorize” him out of all proportion to what he is really ..."
2. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... marketing, and sale of drugs; • selling items designed as conversation pieces
which serve to glamorize drug use; and • becoming hubs for drug abusers, ..."
3. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"Material does not glamorize or glorify the use of alcohol and other drugs.
Materials should not portray alcohol and other drug use as a positive experience. ..."
4. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"However, it rejected demands for a new "SA" (substance abuse) rating to warn
parents about features that "rationalize or glamorize the use of drugs," ..."
5. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... now used to glamorize tobacco use.4'59'80 3.16 Increase to at least 75 percent
the proportion of primary care and oral health care providers who ..."
6. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"Radio and TV shows seemed increasingly to exaggerate the therapeutic usefulness
of marijuana and to glamorize the stars and public figures who used it. ..."
7. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"For example, when an individual begins to glamorize stories of AOD use or criminal
and acting-out behaviors, the group can help to limit that grandiosity. ..."
8. Prevention Primer: An Encyclopedia of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Other strategies include restrictions on marketing and promotion practices that
glamorize heavy drinking, especially those directed at young people. ..."
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