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ruffianizing

ruffianizing is the present participle and gerund of ruffianize.

Meaning of ruffianize

Verb

ruffianize (third-person singular simple present ruffianizes, present participle ruffianizing, simple past and past participle ruffianized)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To act like a ruffian.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To make ruffianly.

Questions about ruffianizing

What is ruffianizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ruffianizing is the present participle and gerund of ruffianize.

Words near ruffianizing in the dictionary

  1. ruffianism
  2. ruffianisms
  3. ruffianize
  4. ruffianized
  5. ruffianizes
  6. ruffianizing
  7. ruffianlike
  8. ruffianly
  9. ruffiano
  10. ruffianos
  11. ruffianous

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