idolise

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A form of idolize — To make an idol of, or to worship as an idol.

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idolizeworshiphero-worshiprevere
OriginEnglish idol ← Middle English ydole ← Old French idole →
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Meanings

verbidolise (third-person singular simple present idolises, present participle idolising, simple past and past participle idolised)

present singular third person idolises · participle present idolising · participle past idolised · past idolised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of idolize.

    Can I bear to write shame on that fair young brow—send him forth a wanderer from the home of which he has been the delight—sow dissension between a father and son, who now idolise each other?

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 125

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
idolizeworshiphero-worshiprevere
Broader
adore
Also see
hero-worshipidolizerevereworship

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  4. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  5. Ancient Greekεἴδωλον (eídōlon)
  6. Latinīdōlum
  7. Old Frenchidole
  8. Middle Englishydole
  9. Englishidol
  10. Englishidolise

From idol + -ise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

DeLisio
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APA

idolise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolise

MLA

“idolise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idolise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolise.

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