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rascalizing

rascalizing is the present participle and gerund of rascalize.

Meaning of rascalize

Verb

rascalize (third-person singular simple present rascalizes, present participle rascalizing, simple past and past participle rascalized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To slander or disparage as a rascal.
    • "Aye," said I, cutting him short. "there is the rub!—you had not nerve to be thought the friend of a man whom you heard rascalized, though you knew how unjustly,—then, never more be friend of mine!1831, Robert Adair M'Naghten, Miscellaneous Verses, page 193

Questions about rascalizing

What is rascalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Rascalizing is the present participle and gerund of rascalize.

Words near rascalizing in the dictionary

  1. rascalities
  2. rascality
  3. rascalize
  4. rascalized
  5. rascalizes
  6. rascalizing
  7. rascall
  8. rascallier
  9. rascalliest
  10. rascallike
  11. rascallion

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