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disembellishing

disembellishing is the present participle and gerund of disembellish.

Meaning of disembellish

Verb

disembellish (third-person singular simple present disembellishes, present participle disembellishing, simple past and past participle disembellished)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to undecorate.
    • [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant.1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pure Reason”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 47

Questions about disembellishing

What is disembellishing the present participle and gerund of?
Disembellishing is the present participle and gerund of disembellish.

Words near disembellishing in the dictionary

  1. disembedding
  2. disembeds
  3. disembellish
  4. disembellished
  5. disembellishes
  6. disembellishing
  7. disembitter
  8. disembittered
  9. disembittering
  10. disembitters
  11. disembodied

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