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Definition of glamorize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

glamorize

verb

(also glamourize) verb

NAmE//ˈɡlæməˌraɪz//

glamorize something (usually disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they glamorize

he / she / it glamorizes

past simple glamorized

-ing form glamorizing

to make something bad appear attractive or exciting Television tends to glamorize violence.

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