dismalize
dismalize verb: to make dismal.
Verb
dismalize (third-person singular simple present dismalizes, present participle dismalizing, simple past and past participle dismalized)
- To make dismal.
- And glancing through the pages of the “Lowell Offering” a year or two later, I see that I continued to dismalize myself at times, quite unnecessarily.1889, Lucy Larcom, A New England Girlhood: Outlined from Memory, page 213
- I remember he said to her, 'Why do young people like to dismalize themselves? Later in life we have no need to do that.'1893, Margaret Sidney, Whittier with the Children, page 29
Forms of dismalize
| third-person singular present | dismalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | dismalizing |
| past participle | dismalized |
| past | dismalized |
| alternative form | dismalise |
Origin of dismalize
From dismal + -ize.
Questions about dismalize
- What does dismalize mean?
- Dismalize means to make dismal.
- What part of speech is dismalize?
- Dismalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of dismalize?
- The past tense of dismalize is dismalized.
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