Definitions for idolize

idolize i·dol·ize

Spelling: [ahyd-l-ahyz]
IPA: /ˈaɪd lˌaɪz/

Idolize is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in idolize (deiiloz).

Definitions for idolize

verb (used with object)

  1. to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
  2. to worship as a god.

verb (used without object)

  1. to practice idolatry:

Origin of idolize

First recorded in 1590-1600; idol + -ize

Examples for idolize

Most of the super fans I spoke to spend a lot of time on cam sites or pay for one-on-one Web chats with the girls they idolize.

Did not Mrs. Watson idolize the girl, having known her from her earliest days?

He looked as if his division might idolize him, as it was said they did.

Who would you rather see naked—a total stranger, or someone you think you know and idolize?

But you idolize the Continent, and despise your own country.

Hanging out with sex workers isn't risky enough, from an emotional perspective—and professionals are unlikely to idolize him.

As long as we have baby-boomer nostalgia and Internet gossip, the tendencies to idolize or vandalize will be indulged.

He was a most fondly attached son and seemed to idolize his mother.

They are to learn that pleasure, which they idolize, must now and then be quitted in order to be regained.

We have all got to do it, you know, said that comfortable woman, whether we idolize them or not.

Word Value for idolize
Scrable

17

Words with friends

18

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