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/rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪsaɪz/ · verb
(transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner..
While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.
Use romanticize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Romanticize means (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner..
Common synonyms include glamorize, romanticise.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.
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