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mongrelise

mongrelise is the alternative spelling of mongrelize.

Meaning of mongrelize

Verb

mongrelize (third-person singular simple present mongrelizes, present participle mongrelizing, simple past and past participle mongrelized)

  1. To cross-breed an animal
    • To mongrelize a dog
  2. To become mixed - inoffensive when used as an object.
  3. (derogatory, offensive) To become ethnically mixed.

Forms of mongrelise

third-person singular presentmongrelises
present participlemongrelising
past participlemongrelised
pastmongrelised

Origin of mongrelise

From mongrel + -ise.

Questions about mongrelise

What is mongrelise the alternative spelling of?
Mongrelise is the alternative spelling of mongrelize.

Words near mongrelise in the dictionary

  1. mongrel
  2. mongreldom
  3. mongrelhood
  4. mongrelisation
  5. mongrelisations
  6. mongrelise
  7. mongrelised
  8. mongrelises
  9. mongrelish
  10. mongrelising
  11. mongrelism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mongrelise (page history and authors); mongrelize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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