romanticize
romanticise, v [I, Tn]
(esp derog 尤作贬义) exaggerate or distort (the truth) in an imaginative, falsely heroic, etc way (以想像的、 虚构英雄事迹等方式)夸大或歪曲(事实)
Don´t romanticize stick to the facts. 别夸夸其谈了--说实际的吧.
a novel that refuses to romanticize the grim realities of war 毫不掩盖战争中残酷现实的小说.