verb

glamorise

glamorize, make glamorous, romanticize

The film glamorises the life of a gangster.

The film glamorizes the life of a gangster.

Don't try to glamorise the hard work involved.

Don't try to glamorize the hard work involved.

((sth.)) to make (sth.) seem attractive or exciting The film glamorizes the life of a gangster.

Synonyms: romanticize, idealize, embellish; Antonyms: downplay, trivialize

From 'glamour' + '-ize', a verb-forming suffix. 'Glamour' itself derives from a Scottish alteration of 'grammar', associated with magic and spells.

To make something seem full of 'glamour'. The '-ize' suffix means 'to make'. Often used with a negative connotation, suggesting something is being made to seem better than it is.

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