About The Word Idolize

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Idolize

Idolize Meaning & Definition
Idolize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Idolize?

[v] love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Idolize: hero-worship | idolise | revere | worship

Related Terms | Find terms related to Idolize: accord respect to | admire | adore | adulate | apotheosize | appreciate | belaud | bepraise | bless | blow up | boast of | brag about | celebrate | cherish | cry up | dearly love | defer to | deify | do homage to | do service | dote | emblazon | entertain respect for | esteem | eulogize | exalt | extol | favor | fetish | fetishize | flatter | glorify | hero-worship | hold dear | hold in esteem | hold in reverence | honor | idol | idolatrize | idolify | laud | lionize | look up to | love to distraction | magnify | make much of | overcommend | overesteem | overestimate | overlaud | overpraise | overprize | panegyrize | pay homage to | pay tribute | porter aux nues | praise | prize | puff | puff up | regard | respect | revere | reverence | salute | think highly of | think much of | think well of | treasure | trumpet | value | venerate | worship

See Also | adore | drool over | slobber over

Idolize In Webster's Dictionary

\I"dol*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Idolized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Idolizing}.] 1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt. 2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
\I"dol*ize\, v. i. To practice idolatry. [R.] To idolize after the manner of Egypt. --Fairbairn.

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