idolize

idolize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) idolise

Etymology

From idol +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdəlaɪz/

Verb

idolize (third-person singular simple present idolizes, present participle idolizing, simple past and past participle idolized)

1. To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.
2. To adore excessively; to revere immoderately.

Translations

to make an idol of

Arabic: أَلَه‎ (ʾalah) Bulgarian: прекланям се (preklanjam se), боготворя (bg) (bogotvorja) Catalan: idolatrar (ca) Danish: idolisere Finnish: ihannoida (fi), jumaloida, palvoa (fi)

French: idolâtrer (fr) Hungarian: bálványoz (hu) Serbo-Croatian: obožavati (sh) Spanish: idolatrar (es) Turkish: ilahlaştırmak, tanrılaştırmak (tr), putlaştırmak (tr)

to adore excessively

Bulgarian: обожавам (bg) (obožavam) Catalan: idolatrar (ca) Finnish: ihannoida (fi), jumaloida, palvoa (fi)

Hungarian: istenít (hu) Spanish: idolatrar (es) Turkish: ilahlaştırmak, tapmak (tr)

References

• idolize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• idolize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.