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The police themselves do little to dispel or discourage this lionized portrayal.

Bradlee, who died Tuesday at age 93, is rightly lionized as a master journalist.

There is no American baseball player more lionized than Ted Williams.

For a man who was often lionized on the right, Sharon had a tin ear on economics.

Reagan is lionized by conservatives today, who credit him with moving the GOP to the right.

The brusque and rather timid young officer is lionized in the drawing-room of Madame Tallien.

In her own circle of friends and acquaintances she was lionized.

There and in London he was "lionized," as Franklin had been in Paris.

Many an ass has been lionized before, and many a one will be so again.

Of course he was honored, idolized and lionized by the colored people wherever he was known.

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On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lionized, such as: acclaimed, revered, big, big name, eminent, and famed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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