glamorize
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Synonyms
glamour (up), glorify, idealize, romanticize
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In Hollywood,Quentin Tarantino's glamorized alternate history of the 1960s movie industry—all while finishing up college. — Vogue, "Your Favorite TV Dramas All Have One Thing in Common: Sydney Sweeney," 5 Aug. 2019 Chance is right that pop often glamorizes hookups, but the truth is that the superstar tier has been downright domestic lately. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Chance the Rapper Wants You to Get Married," 30 July 2019 To use that tag, however, risks glamorizing this gritty pair. — George Ramsay, CNN, "Everest deaths: 'Corners are being massively cut'," 24 June 2019 As for why, some experts say these depictions can normalize tobacco use -- or even glamorize it. — Michael Nedelman, CNN, "Netflix to cut back on smoking after 'Stranger Things' criticism," 5 July 2019 While some businesses glamorize routine jobs with over-the-top titles, others oversell the level of responsibility and opportunity for promotion or soft-pedal the amount of hours and dreary tasks required. — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, "Talent dogfight: Rock stars, heroes and broken promises as job openings near record," 1 July 2019 Industry and government safe-driving propaganda and public school driver education unintentionally glamorized the gore. — Dan Albert, Vox, "Driverless cars are coming. We’ll miss the thrill of the ride.," 21 June 2019 But the cover provided to the boots on the ground by naval vessels hasn't been quite as glamorized. — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, "75 years later: See how the battleship Texas played a key role in the D-Day invasion of France," 6 June 2019 Jaguar has often used racing both to improve its road cars and to glamorize them. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "What’s it like to race a Jaguar I-Pace electric car?," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'glamorize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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