IDOLIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they idolize ... he / she / it idolizes

Past simple: idolized

Past participle: idolized

-ing form: idolizing

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 "idolize" is one way to...):

adore (love intensely)

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

drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence example:

Sam cannot idolize Sue

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)

idolization (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)

idolization (the act of admiring strongly)

idolizer (a lover blind with admiration and devotion)