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Synonyms for idealized


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ahy-dee-uh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : aɪˈdi əˌlaɪz



Définition of idealized

Origin :
  • 1786, probably formed from ideal (adj.) + -ize. Related: Idealized; idealizing.
  • verb romanticize
Example sentences :
  • You'll say I idealized her; possibly I did, but there she is.
  • Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
  • That she idealized him was true, but he grew richly in grace.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of Sweetwater » by Hamlin Garland
  • She felt a sudden loathing of the man whom she had idealized as a saint.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • You are constantly told that Greece idealized whatever she contemplated.
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • Tom Travis—returned and idealized—with him, the joint heir of The Gaffs.
  • Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
  • But if such experience is to be idealized, its origin should disappear.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 » by Various
  • In this sense only can George Sand be said to have idealized for us the landscapes she loved.
  • Extract from : « Famous Women: George Sand » by Bertha Thomas
  • Now that I had exaggerated them, I had idealized, so to speak, in the reverse direction.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill
  • But I idealized the bare facts and lifted them into the realm of poetry and literature.
  • Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill
  • This man, like thousands of others in the city, idealized you.
  • Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill

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