Synonyms of idealized

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adjective

as in romanticized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• romanticized
• glamourized
• metaphorical
• symbolic
• glamorized
• symbolical
• purple
• metaphoric
• ornate
• figurative
• grandiloquent
• hifalutin
• rhapsodical
• florid
• metric
• flowery
• rhapsodic
• high-flown
• rhythmical
• poetic
• rhythmic
• metrical
• highfalutin
• poetical
• poeticized
• lyric
• lyrical
• riming
• bardic
• rhyming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prose
• prosaic
• literal
• matter-of-fact
• factual
• unpoetic
• unlyrical
• antipoetic

idealized

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verb

past tense of idealize

as in glamourized

to represent or think of as better than reality would warrant

he had a tendency to idealize his heroes and believe they could do no wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glamourized
• romanticized
• idolized
• glamorized
• softened
• heroicized
• glorified
• poeticized
• glamoured (up)
• canonized
• sweetened
• dignified
• enshrined
• deified
• ennobled
• euphemized
• heroized
• enthroned
• aggrandized
• adulated
• magnified

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• minimized
• denigrated
• deglamorized
• disparaged
• decried
• belittled
• put down
• deprecated