verb
- making something seem more attractive, exciting, or impressive than it really is
Usage: present participle of glamorize; British spelling (American: glamorizing); often used critically to suggest misleading or exaggerated presentation
Examples
- The movie is glamorising violence by showing it without real consequences.
- Critics argue that the advertisement is glamorising an unhealthy lifestyle.
- She accused the media of glamorising poverty in their documentary.
- The fashion industry has been glamorising extreme thinness for decades.
- By glamorising celebrity culture, social media may harm young people's self-esteem.
- The novel glamorises the criminal underworld in a way that troubles many readers.