IDOLISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does idolise mean? 

• IDOLISE (verb)
  The verb IDOLISE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: IDOLISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDOLISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they idolise    ... he / she / it idolises   
Past simple: idolised   
Past participle: idolised   
-ing form: idolising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

hero-worship; idolise; idolize; revere; worship

Context example:

Many teenagers idolized the Beatles

Hypernyms (to "idolise" is one way to...):

adore (love intensely)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "idolise"):

drool over; slobber over (envy without restraint)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

idol (a material effigy that is worshipped)

idol (an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept)

idol (someone who is adored blindly and excessively)

idolisation (the act of worshiping blindly and to excess)

idolisation (the act of admiring strongly)