glamorize
verb
glamorize is a verb meaning “To make or give the appearance of being glamorous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled G-L-A-M-O-R-I-Z-E and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does glamorize mean?
verb
- 1
To make or give the appearance of being glamorous.
- 2
To glorify; to romanticize.
Some movies glamorize criminal activity by making criminals seem cool.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce glamorize?
Glamorize has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of glamorize
- glamorizes present, singular, he/she/it
- glamorizing participle, present
- glamorized participle, past
- glamorise
- glamourise
- glamourize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is glamorize?
Glamorize appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Glamorize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense make more glamorous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | glamouriser |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does glamorize come from?
From glamor + -ize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).