Antonyms for idolize
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ahyd-l-ahyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪd lˌaɪz |
Definition of idolize
Origin :- 1590s, from idol + -ize. Related: Idolized; idolizing.
- verb think of very highly; worship
- He looked as if his division might idolize him, as it was said they did.
- Extract from : « History of the Second Massachusetts Regiment of Infantry: Beverly Ford. » by Daniel Oakey
- He was a most fondly attached son and seemed to idolize his mother.
- Extract from : « Hortense, Makers of History Series » by John S. C. Abbott
- Did not Mrs. Watson idolize the girl, having known her from her earliest days?
- Extract from : « The School Queens » by L. T. Meade
- We have all got to do it, you know, said that comfortable woman, whether we idolize them or not.
- Extract from : « Madonna Mary » by Mrs. Oliphant
- But you idolize the Continent, and despise your own country.
- Extract from : « Saunterings in and about London » by Max Schlesinger
- They are to learn that pleasure, which they idolize, must now and then be quitted in order to be regained.
- Extract from : « Munster Village » by Mary Hamilton
- We must not idolize the faculty of thought nor forget its divine nature.
- Extract from : « The Positive Outcome of Philosophy » by Joseph Dietzgen
- You set up an inference and idolize it as an immortal truth.
- Extract from : « The Destroying Angel » by Louis Joseph Vance
- If you will introduce her to me, you will be her darling, her Benjamin; she will idolize you.
- Extract from : « Father Goriot » by Honore de Balzac
- Nothing pleases the gay city more than to idolize a foreigner.
- Extract from : « Comrade Yetta » by Albert Edwards
Synonyms for idolize
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