heroicize
verb
he·ro·i·cize 
hi-ˈrō-ə-ˌsīz,
also her-ˈō-,
or
hē-ˈrō- heroicized; heroicizing
transitive verb
: heroize
Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
heroicizing
verb
as in heroizing
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- heroizing
- poeticizing
- romanticizing
- glamorizing
- idealizing
- glamourizing
- softening
- euphemizing
- glamouring (up)
- sweetening
- glorifying
- idolizing
- adulating
- canonizing
- ennobling
- dignifying
- deifying
- enshrining
- enthroning
- aggrandizing
- magnifying
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- deglamorizing
- minimizing
- denigrating
- decrying
- disparaging
- putting down
- belittling
- deprecating