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Meanings of idolize in English

Portuguese
venerar
Catalan
reverir
Spanish
heroificar

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

        venerar
        Usage of idolize in English
        1
        But no one else will idolize and reverence you as I do.
        The Damnation of Theron Ware
        2
        Max seemed to idolize him, and it wasn't hard to see why.
        Mistress of the game
        3
        Tight-lipped as he was, Meyer certainly purported to idolize his mother Lydia.
        Big bosoms and square jaws
        4
        The men the civics books idolize rarely come to good ends.
        The stand
        5
        The fact is that it is impossible not to idolize that little one.
        The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
        6
        He was a most fondly attached son and seemed to idolize his mother.
        Hortense / Makers of History Series
        7
        He behaves very civilly indeed, and apparently his niece and nephew idolize him.
        The Market-Place
        8
        It is permitted us to love their memories, but not to idolize them.
        Isaac T. Hopper: A True Life
        9
        I am loved, he is a father, I idolize our children.
        Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part
        10
        They idolize their freedom, fun, creativity, and sense of ownership.
        The South African
        11
        He's come into town this afternoon to give everyone a chance to idolize him.
        Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
        12
        What the people highly esteem, they in a manner idolize.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
        13
        They idolize this Wilford, and I dare say he is worthy of their idolatry.
        Family Pride; Or, Purified by Suffering
        14
        Their longing after his humanity made them idolize his mother.
        England's Antiphon
        15
        Bertie is our only child, and we just idolize him.
        A Face Illumined
        16
        She is a splendid girl, and they idolize each other.
        Family Pride; Or, Purified by Suffering
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        Portuguese
        venerar
        Idolize through the time
        Idolize across language varieties
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