verb
- treating someone as a celebrity or hero; giving someone a lot of public attention and admiration
Usage: British spelling; present participle of lionise
Examples
- The media was lionising the young athlete after her Olympic victory.
- He grew tired of being lionised everywhere he went.
- The press has been lionising the new author since her debut novel.
- They were lionising him as if he were a war hero.
- She felt uncomfortable with everyone lionising her achievements.
- The public began lionising the whistleblower for exposing corruption.