Definition of "glamorize" []

• To make glamorous: tried to glamorize the bathroom with expensive fixtures. (verb-transitive)
• To treat or portray in a romantic manner; idealize or glorify: a show that glamorizes police work. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I think that a lot of times, the media and the news sources kind of glamorize it a little bit too much."
• "Alex added that it was easy to "glamorize" his substance use in the University's social scene."
• "I for one am not following the trial to "glamorize" the sorry excuse for a human being on trial and do not believe anyone finds anything glamorous about him."