About The Word Idealize
Learn about the word Idealize to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Idealize definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Idealize
| Idealize Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Idealize?
[v] form ideals; "Man has always idealized"
[v] consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" Synonyms | Synonyms for Idealize: idealise Related Terms | Find terms related to Idealize: apotheosize | deify | dematerialize | disembody | disincarnate | elevate | ennoble | etherealize | exaggerate | exalt | glorify | immaterialize | overappraise | overassess | overcalculate | overcount | overesteem | overestimate | overmeasure | overprize | overrate | overreact to | overreckon | overstate | overvalue | quixotize | rhapsodize | romance | romanticize | spiritize | spiritualize | unsubstantialize | utopianize | worship See Also | concoct | consider | deify | dream up | glamorize | glamourise | hatch | reckon | regard | romanticise | romanticize | see | think of | think up | view Idealize In Webster's Dictionary \I*de"al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Idealized}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Idealizing}.]
1. To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to
attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to
idealize real life.
2. (Fine Arts) To treat in an ideal manner. See
{Idealization}, 2.
\I*de"al*ize\, v. i. [Cf. F. id['e]aliser.] To form ideals. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Compliant ‐ disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental…
- Hafnium ‐ a gray tetravalent metallic element that resembles zirconium…
- Wintertime ‐ the coldest season…
- Execution of instrument ‐ (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract…
- Insight ‐ grasping the inner nature of things intuitively [n] clear or…
- Festoonery ‐ flower chains suspended in loops…
- Intermeshed ‐ caught as if in a mesh; "enmeshed in financial difficulties"…
- Scratch ‐ an indication of damage [n] poor handwriting [n] a harsh noise…
- English hawthorn ‐ thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of…
- Graphical ‐ written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols" [adj] relating…