Antonyms for romancing
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans; verb roh-mans |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns; verb roʊˈmæns |
Definition of romancing
Origin :- mid-14c., "chronicler writing in French," from Old French romanceour, from romanz (see romance (n.)). Later, "one inclined to romantic imagination" (the main sense 19c.); modern use for "seducer, wooer" of a romantic quality appears to be a new formation c.1967 from romance (v.).
- As in fancy : noun liking, dream
- As in flirtation : noun amorous advance
- As in exaggerate : verb overstate, embellish
- As in fantasize : verb dream about desires
- I want you where I can look at you, so you won't do any romancing about that old enchantress.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Not but I know well she'll say, 'There you are, castle-building and romancing.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
- "I am not romancing in the least," said Calvert, taking his place next Milly at the table.
- Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
- "Not at all, my dear; you are romancing," says ignorant John.
- Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
- Notwithstanding the romancing of her sister, Phillida built no castles.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- Well, if it comes to that, Leland for his part was not above "romancing" and "embroidering."
- Extract from : « The Magnificent Montez » by Horace Wyndham
- It is not the old man, but the young one, who is romancing here.
- Extract from : « Moods » by Louisa May Alcott
- I fear any who read this must have thought me fairly good at “romancing.”
- Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
- Tom was romancing with a vengeance, for if anyone liked work it was he.
- Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton
- Maybe you think I'm romancing, but I'm just telling you the plain truth.
- Extract from : « There She Blows! » by William Hussey Macy
Synonyms for romancing
- amour
- amplify
- big eyes
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build castles in air
- build up
- caricature
- chimera
- color
- conception
- cook up
- coquetry
- corrupt
- courting
- cruising
- dalliance
- daydream
- delusion
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- envisagement
- envision
- envisioning
- exalt
- expand
- eyes for
- fabricate
- fabrication
- falsify
- fantasy
- figment
- flirting
- fondness
- fudge
- go to extremes
- hallucinate
- hallucination
- hankering
- head trip
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- idea
- illusion
- imagination
- imaginativeness
- imagine
- inclination
- inflate
- intensify
- intrigue
- invent
- invention
- itch
- lay it on thick
- lie
- live in a dream world
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- mirage
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- moon
- nightmare
- notion
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- partiality
- penchant
- phantasm
- pickup
- picture
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- predilection
- preference
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- relish
- reverie
- romance
- romancing
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- sweet tooth
- tease
- teasing
- toying
- trifling
- trip out
- up
- vision
- woolgather
- yearning
- yen
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