romanticize

Other spellings

• (UK) romanticise

Word parts

romantic + -ize

Verb

Plain form romanticize

Third-person singular romanticizes

Past tense romanticized

Past participle romanticized

Present participle romanticizing

1. (transitive) If you romanticize something, you portray it in a very ideal way.
2. (intransitive) If you romanticize, you act in a romantic way.