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cruelize

cruelize verb: to treat cruelly.

Verb

cruelize (third-person singular simple present cruelizes, present participle cruelizing, simple past and past participle cruelized)

  1. (regional, transitive) To treat cruelly.

Forms of cruelize

third-person singular presentcruelizes
present participlecruelizing
past participlecruelized
pastcruelized

Origin of cruelize

From cruel + -ize.

Questions about cruelize

What does cruelize mean?
Cruelize means to treat cruelly.
What part of speech is cruelize?
Cruelize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cruelize?
The past tense of cruelize is cruelized.

Words near cruelize in the dictionary

  1. crueler
  2. cruelest
  3. cruelest-hearted
  4. cruelhearted
  5. cruelheartedness
  6. cruelize
  7. cruelized
  8. cruelizes
  9. cruelizing
  10. cruell
  11. Cruella

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