romanticise

Other spellings

• (US) romanticize

Word parts

romantic + -ise

Verb

Plain form romanticise

Third-person singular romanticises

Past tense romanticised

Past participle romanticised

Present participle romanticising

1. (transitive) If you romanticise something, you portray it in a very ideal way.
2. (intransitive) If you romanticise, you act in a romantic way.