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idealize
[ahy-dee-uh-lahyz] 
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idealize
[ahy-dee-uh-lahyz]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | romanticize |
| Synonyms: | admire, dream, glorify, put on a pedestal, rhapsodize |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | add finishing touches, adorn, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up, dress out, dress up, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, gussy up, idealize, illuminate, jazz up, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up, trim |
| Main Entry: | deify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, glorify |
| Synonyms: | adore, apostheosize, consecrate, ennoble, enthrone, exalt, extol, idealize, idolize, immortalize, venerate, worship |
| Antonyms: | degrade, dishonor, lower |
| Main Entry: | dream |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conjure up scenario |
| Synonyms: | be delirious, be moonstruck, be up in clouds, brainstorm, build castles in air, conceive, concoct, cook up, crave, create, daydream, devise, envisage, fancy, fantasize, formulate, hallucinate, hanker, hatch, have a flash, have a nightmare, have a notion, have a vision, hunger, idealize, imagine, invent, long, lust, make up, picture, pine, search for pot of gold, sigh, stargaze, sublimate, think, think up, thirst, visualize |
| Main Entry: | perfect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish; achieve |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, ameliorate, carry out, complete, consummate, crown, cultivate, develop, effect, elaborate, finish, fulfill, hone, idealize, improve, perform, put finishing touch on, realize, refine, round, slick, smooth |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | apotheosize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exalt |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, apotheose, deify, dignify, elevate, ennoble, glorify, idealize, idolize, laud, put on a pedestal, worship |
| Main Entry: | romanticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make glamorous |
| Synonyms: | glamorize, idealize, sentimentalize, think romantically |
| Main Entry: | sentimentalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make nostalgic |
| Synonyms: | glamorize, idealize, romanticize, think sentimentally |
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