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mongrelized

mongrelized is the simple past and past participle of mongrelize.

Adjective

mongrelized (not comparable)

  1. cross-bred, mixed-bred.
  2. (derogatory) mixed.

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.

Questions about mongrelized

What does mongrelized mean?
Mongrelized means cross-bred, mixed-bred.
What is mongrelized the simple past and past participle of?
Mongrelized is the simple past and past participle of mongrelize.
What part of speech is mongrelized?
Mongrelized is an adjective.

Words near mongrelized in the dictionary

  1. mongrelisms
  2. mongrelity
  3. mongrelization
  4. mongrelizations
  5. mongrelize
  6. mongrelized
  7. mongrelizes
  8. mongrelizing
  9. mongrellish
  10. mongrelly
  11. mongrelness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mongrelized (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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