romanced
Pursued with affection
Romanced is the past tense of romance, meaning to court or woo someone with attention and affection: He romanced her with flowers and candlelit dinners.
It can also mean to idealize or treat something with excessive enthusiasm: The film romanced the Old West.
In either sense, romanced suggests emotional appeal over substance.
Sought someone's affection
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- admirerOne who esteems another
- pursuedWent after persistently
proposal · betrothal · engagement · gallantry · courted · enamored · infatuation · ardent
Made to seem attractive
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- fantasizedImagined unrealistic scenarios
- dreamyVague and pleasantly distracted
idyllic · fairytale · storybook · swept away · starry-eyed · rose-colored · mythologized · sentimentalized
wooed
Sought someone's affection
pursued · proposal · betrothal · engagement · gallantry · courted · enamored · infatuation · ardent · fiancé
glamorized
Made to seem attractive
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- enchantedUnder magical influence
- fantasizedImagined unrealistic scenarios
dreamy · idyllic · fairytale · storybook · swept away · starry-eyed · rose-colored · mythologized · sentimentalized · embellished
tease
Mock playfully
wink · giggle · innuendo · whisper · glance · smirk · flattery · tempt · allure · enticement
romancedrejected
Refused or turned away
spurned · rebuffed · jilted · dumped · brushed off
romanceddisillusioned
Freed from false beliefs
disenchanted · undeceived · demystified · deglamorized · exposed
romancedmistreated
Harmed through poor treatment
abused · scorned · disdained · degraded · disrespected
- historical romanceLove story set historically
- romance novelistAuthor of love stories
- My Chemical Romance"Black Parade" performers
- romance novelFiction about romantic love
- doomed romance
- summer romanceBrief warm-season relationship