deglamorize

verb

Definition of deglamorizenext
as in to minimize

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Recent Examples of deglamorize White’s willingness to deglamorize stardom — to take roles that subverted her celebrity or to be funny and frank — makes clear that for her, the town was, first and foremost, a workplace. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deglamorize
  1. minimize
  2. put down
  3. disparage
  4. denigrate
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  • The Bonding Shampoo gently cleanses hair and scalp, while the Hair Bonding Treatment delivers a more intensive dose of the brand’s Peptide-132 complex to help strengthen damaged strands and minimize breakage and split ends.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Federal wildlife managers euthanized 28,000 animals in California in 2025 and dispersed about 1 million more as part of a nationwide program meant to control invasive species and minimize danger to people, pets and livestock, new data shows.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of minimize
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  • Another appears elsewhere, partly covered by whatever image Basquiat put down afterward.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Fans looking ahead to 2027's season can put down a $27 or $100 deposit for a membership to get first shot at seats.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of put down
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  • This is to disparage neither Harper Lee’s 1960 bildungsroman nor Kingsolver’s family saga.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The inference was that Jamie had planted a disparaging story about his older brother to hasten his exit.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of disparage
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  • Today, some of Nashville’s biggest stars have aligned themselves with (or shrewdly eschewed criticism of) a political movement that has denigrated countless demographic groups, including Punjabi immigrants.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s preference for immediate gratification explains many of his decisions, including defunding scientific and medical research, accelerating fossil-fuel emissions, and denigrating American soft power globally.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Deglamorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deglamorize. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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