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dastardizing

dastardizing is the present participle and gerund of dastardize.

Meaning of dastardize

Verb

dastardize (third-person singular simple present dastardizes, present participle dastardizing, simple past and past participle dastardized)

  1. To make cowardly; to intimidate or weaken the spirits of.
    • dastardize my courage1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)

Questions about dastardizing

What is dastardizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dastardizing is the present participle and gerund of dastardize.

Words near dastardizing in the dictionary

  1. dastardies
  2. dastarding
  3. dastardize
  4. dastardized
  5. dastardizes
  6. dastardizing
  7. dastardlier
  8. dastardliest
  9. dastardliness
  10. dastardling
  11. dastardlings

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