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cosmeticizing

cosmeticizing is the present participle and gerund of cosmeticize.

Meaning of cosmeticize

Verb

cosmeticize (third-person singular simple present cosmeticizes, present participle cosmeticizing, simple past and past participle cosmeticized)

  1. To make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of
    • But to ignore or attempt to cosmeticize Kelly's history of political and institutional racism is a disgrace.2000 January 7, Don Rose, “What a Whitewash”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about cosmeticizing

What is cosmeticizing the present participle and gerund of?
Cosmeticizing is the present participle and gerund of cosmeticize.

Words near cosmeticizing in the dictionary

  1. cosmeticising
  2. cosmeticism
  3. cosmeticize
  4. cosmeticized
  5. cosmeticizes
  6. cosmeticizing
  7. cosmeticky
  8. cosmeticology
  9. cosmeticorexia
  10. cosmetics
  11. cosmetid

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