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GLAMOURIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glamourize mean? 

GLAMOURIZE (verb)
  The verb GLAMOURIZE has 1 sense:

1. make glamorous and attractiveplay

  Familiarity information: GLAMOURIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLAMOURIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they glamourize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it glamourizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: glamourized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: glamourized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: glamourizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make glamorous and attractive

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

glamorise; glamorize; glamourise; glamourize

Context example:

This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room!

Hypernyms (to "glamourize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

glamourization (the act of glamorizing; making something or someone more beautiful (often in a superficial way))


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