glamorize

English

Alternative forms

• glamorise (U.K.)
• glamourise (U.K.)
• glamourize

Etymology

Etymology tree

English glamor

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English glamorize

From glamor + -ize.

Verb

glamorize (third-person singular simple present glamorizes, present participle glamorizing, simple past and past participle glamorized)

1. (transitive) To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
2. (transitive) To glorify; to romanticize.

   Some movies glamorize criminal activity by making criminals seem cool.

Derived terms

• deglamorize
• glamorizer
• overglamorize
• unglamorized

Translations

make more glamorous

• French: glamouriser (fr)
• Galician: glorificar
• Polish: uatrakcyjniać (pl) impf, uatrakcyjnić (pl) pf