ro·man·ti·cize romanticizes romanticizing romanticized in BRIT, also use romanticise If you romanticize someone or something, you think or talk about them in a way which is not at all realistic and which makes them seem better than they really are. He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present. + romanticized ro·man·ti·cized Mr. Lane's film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets. to talk or think about things in a way that makes them seem more romantic or attractive than they really are