(romanticizes, romanticizing, romanticized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'romanticise'
If you romanticize someone or something, you think or talk about them in a way which is not at all realistic and which makes them seem better than they really are.
He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present.
VERB: V n
• romanticized
Mr. Lane's film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets.
ADJ