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glacialize

glacialize verb: to make or become chilly or unwelcoming.

Verb

glacialize (third-person singular simple present glacializes, present participle glacializing, simple past and past participle glacialized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become chilly or unwelcoming.

Forms of glacialize

third-person singular presentglacializes
present participleglacializing
past participleglacialized
pastglacialized

Origin of glacialize

From glacial + -ize.

Questions about glacialize

What does glacialize mean?
Glacialize means to make or become chilly or unwelcoming.
What part of speech is glacialize?
Glacialize is a verb.
What is the past tense of glacialize?
The past tense of glacialize is glacialized.

Words near glacialize in the dictionary

  1. glacial troughs
  2. glacialism
  3. glacialist
  4. glacialists
  5. glaciality
  6. glacialize
  7. glacialized
  8. glacializes
  9. glacializing
  10. glacially
  11. glacialoside

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