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pejorizing

pejorizing is the present participle and gerund of pejorize.

Meaning of pejorize

Verb

pejorize (third-person singular simple present pejorizes, present participle pejorizing, simple past and past participle pejorized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To render pejorative.
    • It is enough that we are all as yet mere children in knowledge without being so foolish also as to aggravate and pejorize the situation with our hoydenish conduct.1926, Paul Carus, The Open Court, volume 40, page 635

Questions about pejorizing

What is pejorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pejorizing is the present participle and gerund of pejorize.

Words near pejorizing in the dictionary

  1. pejorists
  2. pejority
  3. pejorize
  4. pejorized
  5. pejorizes
  6. pejorizing
  7. pejvakin
  8. pek chek
  9. Pekala
  10. Pekalas
  11. Pekalongan

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