verb
- to make something seem more attractive, exciting, or appealing than it really is
Usage: British spelling; American spelling is ‘glamorize’
Examples
- The film tends to glamorise the life of a criminal.
- We shouldn’t glamorise war or violence.
- The magazine glamorises celebrity lifestyles.
- Many books glamorise the past while ignoring its hardships.
- The documentary avoids glamorising drug use.
- Social media often glamorises unrealistic beauty standards.