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histrionizing

histrionizing is the present participle and gerund of histrionize.

Meaning of histrionize

Verb

histrionize (third-person singular simple present histrionizes, present participle histrionizing, simple past and past participle histrionized)

  1. (rare) To act; to represent on the stage, or theatrically.
    • […]the solicitation of the court, and his own recreation, he was pleased to histrionize it1652, Thomas Urquhart, The Jewel

Questions about histrionizing

What is histrionizing the present participle and gerund of?
Histrionizing is the present participle and gerund of histrionize.

Words near histrionizing in the dictionary

  1. histrionism
  2. histrionisms
  3. histrionize
  4. histrionized
  5. histrionizes
  6. histrionizing
  7. histrions
  8. hists
  9. histt.
  10. hit
  11. hit a brick wall

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