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trashifying

trashifying is the present participle and gerund of trashify.

Meaning of trashify

Verb

trashify (third-person singular simple present trashifies, present participle trashifying, simple past and past participle trashified)

  1. (informal, transitive) To turn (something) into trash; to lower the quality of.
    • Today many people are cheapening themselves, devaluating their lives, trashifying their characters. They have strayed from and lost the high regard for themselves.1964 March 14, J. Donald Backenstose, “This Week's Meditation…: On Having a High Regard for Yourself”, in Lebanon Daily News, volume 92, number 161, Lebanon, Pa., page 4

Questions about trashifying

What is trashifying the present participle and gerund of?
Trashifying is the present participle and gerund of trashify.

Words near trashifying in the dictionary

  1. trashification
  2. trashifications
  3. trashified
  4. trashifies
  5. trashify
  6. trashifying
  7. Trashigang
  8. trashily
  9. trashiness
  10. trashinesses
  11. trashing

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