Synonyms for idealize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ahy-dee-uh-lahyz

Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi əˌlaɪz

Définition of idealize

Origin : 1786, probably formed from ideal (adj.) + -ize. Related: Idealized; idealizing.

verb romanticize

Example sentences :

You idealize her, and are proud of her; and she is worthy of it all.
Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman

But again, to idealize these possibilities would be foolish.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

If you cannot realize your Ideal, you can at least idealize your Real.
Extract from : « A Princess in Calico » by Edith Ferguson Black

Can you look at me, he asked, putting his hand on hers—can you look at me and think that I could idealize you?
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

You must not expect fine things of me; you must not idealize me.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

For this time she is given not a Novall but a Charalois to idealize.
Extract from : « The Fatal Dowry » by Philip Massinger

There are those who idealize the successful and the rich and the lucky.
Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin

She has never done him justice, and she thinks I idealize him.
Extract from : « The Diary of a Saint » by Arlo Bates

We idealize in fancy because our idealizations in fact are balked.
Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey

His patroness directs him to idealize for her "Helen of Troy."
Extract from : « The Little Lady of Lagunitas » by Richard Henry Savage

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