English verb: idealise | |||
1. | idealise (cognition) consider or render as ideal | ||
Samples | She idealized her husband after his death. | ||
Synonyms | idealize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | consider, reckon, regard, see, view | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deify, glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize | ||
2. | idealise (cognition) form ideals | ||
Samples | Man has always idealized. | ||
Synonyms | idealize | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up | ||