IDOLISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they idolise ... he / she / it idolises

Past simple: idolised

Past participle: idolised

-ing form: idolising

Meaning:

Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Example:

Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Synonyms:

hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "idolise" is one way to...):

adore (love intensely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "idolise"):

drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

idol (a material effigy that is worshipped)

idol (an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)

idol (someone who is adored blindly and excessively)

idolisation (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)

idolisation (the act of admiring strongly)