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cretinize

cretinize verb: to cause to be or act like a cretin.

Verb

cretinize (third-person singular simple present cretinizes, present participle cretinizing, simple past and past participle cretinized)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be or act like a cretin.

Forms of cretinize

third-person singular presentcretinizes
present participlecretinizing
past participlecretinized
pastcretinized
alternative formcretinise

Origin of cretinize

From cretin + -ize.

Questions about cretinize

What does cretinize mean?
Cretinize means to cause to be or act like a cretin.
What part of speech is cretinize?
Cretinize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cretinize?
The past tense of cretinize is cretinized.

Words near cretinize in the dictionary

  1. cretinising
  2. cretinism
  3. cretinisms
  4. cretinistic
  5. cretinization
  6. cretinize
  7. cretinized
  8. cretinizes
  9. cretinizing
  10. cretinoid
  11. cretinoids

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