What is another word for romanticized?

Pronunciation: [ɹə͡ʊmˈantɪsˌa͡ɪzd] (IPA)

There are several words that can be used as synonyms for the term "romanticized". Some of the most common ones include idealized, glorified, sentimentalized, embellished, exaggerated, and mythologized. All of these words carry the same general connotation of portraying something in a way that is more idealistic or unrealistic than it actually is. These words can be used to describe a variety of situations or objects, from historical events that have been embellished in popular culture to relationships that are portrayed as more perfect or romantic than they truly were. Using these synonyms can help to convey a sense of skepticism or critique of the romanticized portrayal.

What are the hypernyms for Romanticized?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Romanticized

The whole interval took on a dreamlike quality-idealized, romanticized, yet basically sensual.
"This Crowded Earth"
Robert Bloch
History required that the Dauphin should be a weakling, and such he is in the play; but he too is romanticized through his devotion, to the tender and soulful Agnes.
"The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller"
Calvin Thomas
He had learned from the pages of his near-namesake's "Arthur" that Sir Launcelot had visited Carbonek before Sir Galahad had, but the pages had not revealed whether the time-lapse had involved minutes, hours, or years, and for that matter, Mallory wasn't altogether certain whether the second visit they described had been the real Sir Galahad's, which meant failure, or a romanticized version of his own, which meant success.
"A Knyght Ther Was"
Robert F. Young

Famous quotes with Romanticized

  • I'm very used to playing the tomboy or the sarcastic cynic. That's my go-to. Playing the vulnerable of a real girl that's in real womanlike situations, where it's romanticized, I'm a little nervous about it.
    Kristen Bell
  • [W]e do live in a conceptual trough that encourages such yearning for unknown and romanticized greener pastures of other times. The future doesn't seem promising, if only because we can extrapolate some disquieting present trends into further deterioration: pollution, nationalism, environmental destruction, and aluminum bats. Therefore, we tend to take refuge in a rose-colored past […]. I do not doubt the salutary, even the essential, properties of this curiously adaptive human trait, but we must also record the down side. Legends of past golden ages become impediments when we try to negotiate our current dilemma.
    Stephen Jay Gould
  • This isn't a romanticized biography. It's a biography period. If here and there it resembles a romantic novel, the credit is only Garibaldi's, not his potrayers.
    Indro Montanelli

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