heroicize
verb
he·ro·i·cize 
hi-ˈrō-ə-ˌsīz,
also her-ˈō-,
or
hē-ˈrō- heroicized; heroicizing
transitive verb
: heroize
Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
heroicized
verb
as in poeticized
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- poeticized
- romanticized
- glamoured (up)
- idealized
- glamorized
- glamourized
- heroized
- softened
- sweetened
- euphemized
- glorified
- idolized
- dignified
- canonized
- enshrined
- adulated
- deified
- ennobled
- aggrandized
- enthroned
- magnified
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- minimized
- deglamorized
- decried
- denigrated
- put down
- disparaged
- deprecated
- belittled