Synonyms for idealized

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ahy-dee-uh-lahyz

Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi əˌlaɪz

Définition of idealized

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

verb romanticize

Example sentences :

You'll say I idealized her; possibly I did, but there she is.
Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland

That she idealized him was true, but he grew richly in grace.
Extract from : « The Spirit of Sweetwater » by Hamlin Garland

She felt a sudden loathing of the man whom she had idealized as a saint.
Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

You are constantly told that Greece idealized whatever she contemplated.
Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin

Tom Travis—returned and idealized—with him, the joint heir of The Gaffs.
Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore

But if such experience is to be idealized, its origin should disappear.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various

In this sense only can George Sand be said to have idealized for us the landscapes she loved.
Extract from : « Famous Women: George Sand » by Bertha Thomas

Now that I had exaggerated them, I had idealized, so to speak, in the reverse direction.
Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill

But I idealized the bare facts and lifted them into the realm of poetry and literature.
Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill

This man, like thousands of others in the city, idealized you.
Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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