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Hollywoodize

Hollywoodize verb: to adapt to the norms and ideals of Hollywood; to make glitzy, superficial, thrilling, etc.

Verb

Hollywoodize (third-person singular simple present Hollywoodizes, present participle Hollywoodizing, simple past and past participle Hollywoodized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the norms and ideals of Hollywood; to make glitzy, superficial, thrilling, etc.

Forms of Hollywoodize

third-person singular presentHollywoodizes
present participleHollywoodizing
past participleHollywoodized
pastHollywoodized

Origin of Hollywoodize

From Hollywood + -ize.

Words formed from Hollywoodize

Questions about Hollywoodize

What does Hollywoodize mean?
Hollywoodize means to adapt to the norms and ideals of Hollywood; to make glitzy, superficial, thrilling, etc.
What part of speech is Hollywoodize?
Hollywoodize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Hollywoodize?
The past tense of Hollywoodize is Hollywoodized.

Words near Hollywoodize in the dictionary

  1. Hollywooding
  2. Hollywoodish
  3. Hollywoodite
  4. Hollywoodites
  5. Hollywoodization
  6. Hollywoodize
  7. Hollywoodized
  8. Hollywoodizes
  9. Hollywoodizing
  10. Hollywoodland
  11. Hollywoods

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